By Wayne Besen

If it were discovered that homosexuality had a biological basis, it would be morally acceptable for a mother to use a hormonal treatment patch to ensure her child was born heterosexual, Rev. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, suggested on his personal website.

“If a biological basis is found, and if a prenatal test is then developed, and if a successful treatment to reverse the sexual orientation to heterosexual is ever developed, we would support its use as we should unapologetically support the use of any appropriate means to avoid sexual temptation and the inevitable effects of sin,” wrote Mohler. (Read More)

By Lynne Duke
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, March 18, 2007; D01

Pity the poor fetus. There’s a lot coming its way. And now there’s talk on a conservative evangelical blog of a hypothetical hormone patch that an expectant mother might wear to eradicate her fetus’s natural gayness.

The patch, the biological determinism: It’s all conjecture, for now. But it hit like a theological IED when it turned up earlier this month on the blog of the Rev. R. Albert Mohler Jr., one of the leading voices of the 16 million-strong Southern Baptist Convention. He blogged on these issues under the appropriately provocative headline: “Is Your Baby Gay? What if You Could Know? What if You Could Do Something About It?” In his postings, he raises the possibility of a biological basis for homosexuality and prods his flock to think about how it should respond. (Read More)

Wayne Besen has been exposing the “ex-gay” myth for many years and in this funny but yet sad clip recalls finding an “ex-gay” leader at a seedy gay bar in Washington DC. Scene is from the documentary FISH CAN’T FLY.

Activists counter Focus on the Family’s goofy “ex-gay” Love Won Out road show

Protesters picket the absurd Love Won Out conference in Phoenix, where so-called “ex-gays” go to acting school to pretend to be straight and pray away the gay.

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Incident Highlights How Dangerous ‘Ex-Gay’ Message Influences Legislation, says TWO

Miami Beach, FLA. – Truth Wins Out called on a Florida lawmaker to apologize today for insulting student lobbyists and telling them that they need to enter a dangerous form of therapy that is rejected by every respected medical and mental health association in America.

In Tallahassee, students belonging to a group called the Florida Safe Schools Coalition visited with lawmakers to urge them to include sexual orientation in an anti-bullying bill. The students met with Rep. Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) who reportedly berated the students and suggested that they were mentally ill.

“After telling him my story he proceeded to say he was repulsed by homosexuals, and we needed extensive psychological treatment,” said Jessica Osborn, 22, a student at the University of Central Florida. (Read More)

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Rev. Albert Mohler’s Views Are Dangerous and Culturally Myopic, says TWO

Miami Beach, FLA. – Truth Wins Out expressed outrage today with comments made by Rev. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, on his personal website which suggested that if it were discovered that homosexuality had a biological basis, it would be morally acceptable for a mother to use a hormonal treatment patch to ensure her child was born heterosexual.

“If a biological basis is found, and if a prenatal test is then developed, and if a successful treatment to reverse the sexual orientation to heterosexual is ever developed, we would support its use as we should unapologetically support the use of any appropriate means to avoid sexual temptation and the inevitable effects of sin,” wrote Mohler. (Read More)