IMPORTANT NOTE:  Love In Action or Love In Action International Inc. mentioned on this page is nothing to do with the Love in Action charitable work for the needy by Billy Graham

The gay teen in Tennessee who “came out" to his parents last month and was promptly sent to a “Love In Action International Inc.” refuge for reparative treatment has to stay at the fundamentalist Christian institution for a further six weeks, DetourMemphis is reporting.

The sixteen-years-old known as “Zach” was expected to leave the “refuge” tomorrow (June 20).  He is believed to live in suburban Memphis.

Zach used the internet to record his feelings after he “outed” himself on his “blog”. After having his mobile (cell) phone taken away and his access to the internet denied, very little has been heard of the teen.  In one of his last “blogs” on June 3, he wrote: “I don’t know how long I’m going to be on, because if they wake up, I’m screwed. The program starts June 6.” 

According to someone who claims to be a friend of Zach’s, the teen is staying another six weeks at the LIA refuge because his parents find it “necessary and effective.”

Love in Action International Inc. claims to be able to “cure” gays in most cases.  But “...sexual orientation is not a choice and cannot be altered. Groups who try to change the sexual orientation of people through so-called conversion therapy are misguided and run the risk of causing a great deal of psychological harm...” says Dr. Raymond Fowler PhD along with the vast majority of contemporary American – and world-wide – psychological opinion

The refuge’s website gives details of reparative treatment: