On its website, NARTH reprints a disturbing article, The Myth of the Gay Gene, written by Father Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, Ph.D. It was reprinted from the December 2003 issue of HPR. In his tirade, Austriaco seems to compare homosexuality to rape:
Gay activists often assert that homosexuality is natural because homosexual behavior has been observed in non-human animals. Recent research has also shown, however, that rape – called forced copulation by socio-biologists is common in nature. [31] For instance in wild orangutans, most copulations by immature males and almost half of all copulations by adult males occur after fierce female resistance has been violently overcome by the male. [32] According to the revisionist argument, the common occurrence of rape in other animal species would suggest that rape even in human societies should be considered natural. But this is false.
Human sexuality involves free acts of self-giving which are best manifested in the complementary union of bodily persons that occurs during marital love. Regardless of what happens elsewhere in the animal kingdom, both rape and homosexual behavior are incompatible with an authentic understanding human personhood. They are unnatural because both are violations of our natures as embodied spiritual creatures. Both fail to realize the total self-gift of persons that ought to accompany every sexual act. We are persons and this makes all the difference in the world.
Although this article is from 2003, it underscores NARTH’s barbaric and backward view of homosexuality. Clearly, the group agrees with its contents or they would never have posted this offensive article. NARTH takes clients as young as three years old. In my view, it is child abuse to expose LGBT youth to such ideas or to disseminate such messages to the parents of these children.
California Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative bodies in other states that are considering banning reparative therapy for minors should be aware of what such groups are saying about LGBT people. Once legislators are fully educated on this issue, there can be no doubt that reparative therapy is not really a form of legitimate therapy at all, but a clumsy effort to wrap medical language around homophobic opinions. The goal is not to help — but to harm LGBT people and their families. This is precisely why these charlatans must be put out of business.
“On what ground do you argue that any human is deserving of life, liberty, or justice?”
Wow. wow. wow. There aren’t enough wows in thew world to answer that question. I think the only people cin the world who could ask that question with a straight face are a certain class of islamists, a certain class of Christianists, and a certian class of authoritarian fascist. Which are you?
try standing before your god and asking that question.I think he would be less than pleased with his creation.
but here’s the answer for you from Mammy yokum.
GOOD IS BETTER THAN EVIL ‘CAUSE IT’S NICER.
Actually, i realized that Mammy Yokum, though appropriate, was not as relevant. Let’s try this instead, Melinda.
“We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Who are you going to believe? Thmoas Jefferson or almira gulch?
Welcome to the world of double-speaking bigots: First, they claim that homosexuality is “unnatural” and when you point out that is simply false, they switch the argument around and falsely claim that you said everything animals do is fitting for humans (straw man argument). Then the bigots deride gays for having sex outside marriage while fighting marriage equality. The bigots will cite the few shreds of scientific evidence which seem to be in their favor while ignoring the mountains of evidence against their beliefs. Who says gays can’t change? Every science-based medical organization on the planet, and most of the “ex-gay” leaders themselves. Exodus International, Love in Action and Catholic Courage UK all have had their leader admit nobody changes from homosexual to heterosexual.
Hey Catholics, if sex was only for procreation, then why did God design the human body so that anal sex can stimulate the male prostate, and cause orgasms for women? If sex was only for procreation, then why did God create the female orgasm?
Thank you WBesen, PLynn, MAirhart, and Ben for comments–and most of all to Mammy Yokum.