Comments on: APA brochure kerfuffle https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/07/14/apa-brochure-kerfluffe/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:04:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Mary https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/07/14/apa-brochure-kerfluffe/#comment-30680 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:04:19 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=4468#comment-30680 oops – wish there WAS NOT such a big deal made about homosexuality.

]]> By: Mary https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/07/14/apa-brochure-kerfluffe/#comment-30679 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:03:44 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=4468#comment-30679 Yeah, I knod of agree with you Michael. Overall, the development of sexuality is interesting – I just wish there was such a big deal about homosexuality.

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/07/14/apa-brochure-kerfluffe/#comment-30678 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:50:08 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=4468#comment-30678 I don’t know — and really don’t care — what “causes” gayness. As folks here know by now , I find the question offensive, because folks hardly ever ask what “causes” heterosexuality. Why bother? They see OSA as “normal” and/or “moral”, so they don’t really care.

I admit that on a purely intellectual level, it’s a fascinating question, but I believe it will never be answered — at least not in any of our lifetimes. I believe it was meant to be a mystery… The more we learn, the more we realize we don’t really know…

All I know is that it has been there from my earliest awareness of “me”. It has always been true of my experience. No matter what I call edmyself, or how I identified myself, it is still true. Even when I didn’t act on it. Even when I was married. Even after many years of trying not to be.

Jenn commented:

I, for one, continue to wonder why it matters so much to people “where” it comes from. The conservatives want to “prove” where it comes from to be able to “get rid” of it, and the liberals want to “prove” where it comes from to gain rights. To me, why does it matter?

I feel the same way.

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/07/14/apa-brochure-kerfluffe/#comment-30677 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 04:39:09 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=4468#comment-30677

If you are waiting for NARTH to do anything remotely scientific or professional, you might be waiting for a while.

A long, long, long while…

Still waiting……………

]]> By: Debbie Thurman https://wthrockmorton.com/2009/07/14/apa-brochure-kerfluffe/#comment-30676 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:49:39 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=4468#comment-30676 PR wars. It never changes. Everybody’s got to get their volley in.

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