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Gay and Lesbian Humanists Condemn Religious Anti-Gay ‘Brainwashing’ Campaign

LONDON, April 22, 2009  –  Plans by the Anglican Mainstream organisation to hold a two-day anti-gay “Sex and the City” conference at a “secret location” in London this coming weekend (April 24 and 25) were today condemned by the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association.

One of the purported aims is to promote a “cure” for homosexuality and is to be addressed by three “therapists” from America, including Dr. Joseph Nicolosi.

“The fact that the whole premise is riddled with absurdities does not make it any the less dangerous,” GALHA secretary David Christmas said this morning.

“For the past 30 years, mainstream medicine and science have accepted that homosexuality is in no sense an illness, and as such, by definition, cannot be cured.”

Last week, UK Gay News revealed the “secret location” in London as being the Emmanuel Centre in Marsham Street.

Humanists certainly don’t believe that most religious believers are mad, despite their frequently believing in invisible beings, miracles, and after life experiences, GALHA says in a statement.

“Given this, it seems brave, indeed foolhardy for some Christians to claim that homosexuals are in any sense mentally ill.

“There is no evidence that subjecting gay people to indoctrination and reprogramming can change their underlying sexuality.  At most it can encourage people to suppress their true feelings, often with disastrous consequences, including ill-fated heterosexual marriages,” the statement continues.

“It is preying on the most emotionally vulnerable members of the gay community – those who are for any reason unhappy – in order to suck them into an intolerant and absolutist morality, without any regard for their needs or their nature.

“The “ex gay” movement is a deeply flawed and intolerant movement, alien to British standards of respect, tolerance, and simple common sense.” 

SEE ALSO

American Therapists Who Claim to Cure Gays Headed for London.  American therapists who claim they can “cure gays” are heading to London for a “Sex and the City: Redeeming Sex Today – A Judaeo-Christian Conference for All” next weekend.  Heading the list of speakers is Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, Ph.D, a licensed psychologist and founder of the Thomas Aquinas Psychological Clinic in Encino, California. (UK Gay News, April 17, 2009)

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Gay and Lesbian Humanists Association website

 

 

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