Some wingnut blog called Wizbang sees our investigation of Marcus Bachmann’s clinic as much ado about nothing, as the writer obviously has bought into anti-science nonsense about sexuality. He seems to think you can pray it away:
Hmm… an organization purposed in ‘debunking’ the ex-gay movement gets ABC to report on how scandalous it is that Bachmann’s husband believes that one can turn away from homosexuality through prayer.
Damn.
The next thing you know, a conservative Christian might just work at a crisis pregnancy center… and be opposed to women slaughtering the offspring in their wombs and horrors, they might just pray these women would change their minds…
Ha, yeah, “crisis pregnancy centers” are also, like reparative therapy clinics, places where Christians give the Ninth Commandment the old one finger salute in service of their conception of a deity. Glad even wingnuts can make the connection, even if for the wrong reasons.
Anyway, Thers has the only appropriate response to such a full blown case of denial about reality:
You can’t pray away the gay, and women have the right to their own bodies. Neener neener, does this bug you? I’m not touching you, does this bug you?
Can’t get mad!
Thorne said “But we don’t gain equality by alienating potential allies in our fight for gay rights with requirements or opprobrium for not taking “liberal” views on a list of other issues.”.
You act like taking an anti-choice position isn’t going to alienate any allies – that’s not the case. Regardless of which position we take someone’s going to be alienated. We can’t decide our postion on this issue based on which position gains us more allies, the only way to decide our position is to take the one we think is right.
A woman’s body, a woman’s decision – case closed.
@Priya again, you’re making it an either/or–I don’t expect anyone fighting for marriage equality to oppose abortion or support it–you do. You’ve just picked through my argument and then simply restated your mantra. No doubt, for you, the case is closed.