Religious Bigots Gussied Up in Secular Scientific Clothing
by: peterson toscano
Thu Apr 24, 2008 at 23:23:11 PM EDT
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http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=8E971C17585E060EB4EE92062A181E2E?diaryId=5170The National Association for the Research and Treatment of Homosexuality (with its sinister sounding acronym NARTH), purports to provide a secular and scientific approach to their work. They offer reparative therapy--those pesky treatment plans with high hopes and false claims to straighten out the gays (which never seem to work all that well and most often cause more harm than good.)
But under the psycho-babble we see all the same ole religiously fueled anti-LGBT rhetoric.
In a recent Christianity Today article, Warren Throckmorton waded into the gender waters by discounting the transgender experience. Where did he look for his authority? Not science, but the word of God (or at least select portions while overlooking whole Biblical accounts that actually affirm trans folks).
