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- From: nickn@eskimo.com (Nick Nussbaum)
- Subject: Re: Why not cure homosexuality?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.024253.14425@eskimo.com>
- Organization: >>> Eskimo North (206)-FOR-EVER <<<
- References: <92364.223718MEH124@psuvm.psu.edu> <C032tA.8ux.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 02:42:53 GMT
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- In article <92364.223718MEH124@psuvm.psu.edu> <MEH124@psuvm.psu.edu>
- writes:
- >Regarding a previous post that got a good deal of response about the
- thought
- >of curing homosexuality, most people on the net seem strongly opposed
- to whole
- >idea of a cure. But what about those people that really struggle with
- their
- >sexuality and really don't want to be "homosexual." Most often they
- deny their
- >sexual feelings for religion reasons. I know-I know the Bible may not
- be very
- ....
- Well, first of all those groups like Homosexuals Anonymous turn out to
- not be sucessful, claims to the contrary. In fact, there's a steady
- stream of scandal when "cured" leaders of these groups turn out to be
- molesting people who come to them for help.
- What these groups can do is eradicate the sexual impulse by
- conditioning.
- This may be something that someone who has been brainwashed by xtian
- nonsense may want to do. More typically, this is something their family
- may want done to them. However, like the person who castrates himself to
- not have to face sexual temptation, one balks at calling this self
- mutilation a cure....
-