Comments on: Michael Glatze writes again; removes inflammatory comment from blog

By: Jean Pierre Katz

Jean Pierre Katz — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:33:46 +0000

Dear Warren

I hope you are healing from your heart attack, I also had one with bypass surgery.

I left a comment on Mr. Glatze’s article from March of this year today.

He was saying that he was engaged to be married this year to a woman in Wyoming.

I wished him well, but mentioned your study of people who are same sex attracted and marry the opposite sex, as well as the experience of Dr.Borowitz, , who decided in general that he could no longer facilitate these kinds of transitions because they tended to bring misery to his patients and their families.

It is sad that converts often become more religious than the Pope.

People like Mr. Weed , who are more open minded make better ambassadors for such a rare successful change.

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:04:30 +0000

Why don’t some of you leave this man (Michael Glatze) alone. He’s doing something good. If you look back at what he use to be you will see he has come a long way. No one is perfect and I bet if we looked at your lives through a magnifying glass we could find a lot of imperfections too. That’s the good thing about Jesus. He was perfect in all things at all times. When God looks at you or Michael Glatze he sees his own son that was perfect!

By: Eddy

Eddy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:30:52 +0000

Leah–

It might be where you’re hanging out. I know a boatload of ex-gays who are quite happy and carry no hidden stash of anger or resentment. Some of us can be downright silly at times.

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:49:19 +0000

Why is it that people who choose to leave the gay life style always seem to turn into angry, holier than thou right-wing Christians? Turning into such a person is not a pre-requisite to make this change and I for one did not find it necessary. I lived a monogamous Lesbian lifestyle for 20 years. I did not and do not need to use God as an excuse to make the change. I have considered myself heterosexual for the past 5 years and have been happily married to a man for nearly 3 years now. I would be happy to explain to anyone who is interested what caused the change. In a nutshell I believe I was hiding out from my true self for various reasons and that I was always at heart heterosexual, although clearly very open-minded. The point I am trying to make is that I didn’t make the change because I feel homosexuality is wrong or sinful. I don’t feel I sinned or behaved shamefully in my past life. I think weak people have to blame their behaviors on something outside of themselves.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:37:41 +0000

I know it doesn’t belong on this thread and I know I said I wouldn’t bug you anymore, Eddy — but here’s something else that backs up your suggestion that we really need to understand the “bigger picture”, So, I will post the information on the Exodus thread. (I actually started this day trying to agree with you and give you some credit, but I got sidetracked by my own personal issues with you.) It’s really worth reading and discussing. —–>

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:18:38 +0000

It's OK. Sometimes, people just don't like each other. Sometimes, there is no good reason for it. They just rub each other the wrong way. We weren't told to like each other, but we were commanded to love each other. I admit that, when it comes to you, I do not know how. I am truly sorry. I honestly wish I could do both.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:14:21 +0000

Please note the timing of my post. I was responding to your 7:45 post and had not read your 8:06 post. That is partly my fault…you do tend to post in spurts…and I should have checked to see if anything new had come in.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:10:23 +0000

Agreed.

By: Eddy

Eddy — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:08:58 +0000

Thank you. Under the prevailing conditions, this is the best course of action.

By: Michael Bussee

Michael Bussee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:34:36 +0000

Here I go again! LIke I said, I just can’t help it. If you had said,

“I think we should slow down a bit and learn all we can about the bigger picture in Uganda — it’s history, politics, religion and culture — so that we can more intelligently and compassionately express our strong opposition to this bill and our desire to help with the real problems”,

I would have said: “I don’t know how much we can afford to slow down right now, but otherwise, I agree with you completely.”

But that’s NOT what you suggested. Right after “compromise” came “severity or length of penalty, who or what is penalized, who has to report ‘an offender’, under what circumstances is reporting mandatory,…” That made my blood boil. Would you have suggested the same thing if the law had been directed at ex-gays or Christians?