Comments on: Antigay Activists Fuel Panic over Ex-Gay Fugitive http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/10/917/ Fighting antigay lies and the ex-gay myth Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Evan Hurst http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/10/917/comment-page-1/#comment-15960 Evan Hurst Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:45:41 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=917#comment-15960 Eric, most of the ex-gay leaders now admit, when pressured, that they haven't lost their sexual orientation at all (they phrase it dishonestly and unscientifically), but that they simply repress it. It's unhealthy and it hurts families. Eric, most of the ex-gay leaders now admit, when pressured, that they haven’t lost their sexual orientation at all (they phrase it dishonestly and unscientifically), but that they simply repress it.

It’s unhealthy and it hurts families.

]]> By: Wayne Besen http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/10/917/comment-page-1/#comment-15959 Wayne Besen Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:41:49 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=917#comment-15959 Well, Eric....experience is what forms my opinion, what is the rational basis for yours, other than believing the tale of a friend? Your assumption that your friend is in a monogamous marriage and used to be gay is likely wishful thinking on your part. We've heard the ex-gay spiel many times before, and it usually is a myth. In any case, people who have claimed to have gone from gay to straight don't have much credibility. http://www.truthwinsout.org/scandals-defections/ And, since you are fond of experts, I suggest you read what the actual experts do say: http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/08/3706/ Ex-gay = Consumer Fraud. Well, Eric….experience is what forms my opinion, what is the rational basis for yours, other than believing the tale of a friend?

Your assumption that your friend is in a monogamous marriage and used to be gay is likely wishful thinking on your part.

We’ve heard the ex-gay spiel many times before, and it usually is a myth. In any case, people who have claimed to have gone from gay to straight don’t have much credibility.

http://www.truthwinsout.org/scandals-defections/

And, since you are fond of experts, I suggest you read what the actual experts do say:

http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2009/08/3706/

Ex-gay = Consumer Fraud.

]]> By: Eric http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/10/917/comment-page-1/#comment-15957 Eric Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:32:22 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=917#comment-15957 I don't understand your comment in the heading of your webpage "and the ex-gay myth"? I don't have strong opinions either way on these issues but I do have a friend that was formerly gay but is happily married with kids in a monogamous marriage now. What is the myth about that and what makes you the definitive all-knowing expert on a very difficult subject? I don’t understand your comment in the heading of your webpage “and the ex-gay myth”? I don’t have strong opinions either way on these issues but I do have a friend that was formerly gay but is happily married with kids in a monogamous marriage now. What is the myth about that and what makes you the definitive all-knowing expert on a very difficult subject?

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