Comments on: Antigay Teen Boot Camp Seeks A Half-Million of Your Tax Dollars

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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:02:52 +0000

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By: Craig Young

Craig Young — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:33:36 +0000

In particular, perhaps you might want to make these points in terms of Teen Challenge’s counselling services (sic):

Do they abide by a Code of Conduct that outlines client rights? Can I have a copy?
Do they have professional indemnity and public liability insurance?
Are they a financial member of an accredited professional body?
Do they receive regular professional supervision and guidance?
Are their qualifications from an accredited program?
Have they completed any training as a counsellor?

By: Tricky

Tricky — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:25:45 +0000

Obama has nothing to do with this post, so the comments are unneccessary.

For the record, Obama is no zealot. He has a strong, pro-gay rights voting record, both in the Illinois state legislature and as a federal Senator.

I’m surprised that Klobluchar is doing this. She has a pro-gay record. Perhaps she is not aware of all the things that this organization does. I think this is where TWO should lobby Senator Klobluchar.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:29:21 +0000

“It is a symbol of ritualistic abuse against gays and drug users in need of genuine COMPASSIONATE help.”

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“Ex-gay camps” is just a friendlier way of saying “concentration camp”. They’re told how to dress, what personal interests they can have, what music they can and can’t listen to, even the position which they must sleep.

Do you see any “de-blacking” camps, for African Americans who choose to talk all unintelligible, like “gangsta rappers”?

I’d love to hear the outrage if Atheists ever opens “ex-christian camps”, which reverses the fundie crap drilled into people’s heads since birth.

By: Rob

Rob — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:16:15 +0000

I agree with Edweird. One of the many disturbing things about the new president is his avowed commitment to BUSH’s Faith Based Initiative – in whatever form. It was a shocking revelation. Camps like this should not only be denied ANY tax-payer money, they should also be shut down and demolished 0 just like Abu Grahib prison. It is a symbol of ritualistic abuse against gays and drug users in need of genuine COMPASSIONATE help.

By: edweird

edweird — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:41:16 +0000

Obama is a religious zealout who supports “faith based initiatives” like these.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:44:32 +0000

This is very distrubing.

By: James

James — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:47:03 +0000

Can I not pay taxes?

I mean, it’s not like us gays are treated equally in the United States anyway, yet we’re pretty much paying to live here by paying our taxes. Part of being an American Citizen is having that equality.

Why should someone have to pay for something they do not get?

By: adrianT

adrianT — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:32:25 +0000

This absolutely must not happen, and any organisation carrying out should be shut down, and possibly prosecuted.

Seung Hui Cho was one such person who was metally ill, and was taken from one church to the next to ‘exorcise his demons’, instead of getting 21st century medical help he badly needed from qualified professionals. He went on to kill 32 people at Virginia Tech last year. The story is explained in this commentary:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/05/AR2007050501221.html

It is bad enough that such ‘faith healing’ groups are likely to cause severe psychological damage. The fact is, they are lethal to the community at large.

How many more High School massacres are needed before people wake up to this?