I pointed out that he used poor judgment as most professionals have done at one time or another and that I do not think it should reflect the totality of him as a therapist or otherwise.

Ann, we will have to agree to disagree. Poor judgment, in this case, is an excuse for downright unacceptable behavior: behavior which gives anyone a clue as to this person’s actual feelings toward gay persons.
When we mock someone in crude ways, it tells anyone listening what we truly mean. As a gay, Christian woman, I can forgive him for this egregious behavior; but, I certainly will disregard any notion that he has the “best interests of any gay person” at heart. I was leery about NARTH to begin with: this has pushed me over-the-edge as to their credibility.

Are your other questions posed to me or are they rhetorical?

Rhetorical.

Ann, I’m a bit bewildered how you can cut slack to Dr. Nicolosi on his remark. The man is a professional who should know better. He’s a therapist who has been trained to know that “some words can kill”. This is what the man does for a living. It indeed is a reflection on Nicolosi’s attitude toward gays. Why do we think he’s a big shooter in the ‘ex-gay’ movement … because he loves gays? Really? Are we going to trot out the old “he loves the sinner, but hates the sin”.

Teresa,
I pointed out that he used poor judgment as most professionals have done at one time or another and that I do not think it should reflect the totality of him as a therapist or otherwise. Are your other questions posed to me or are they rhetorical?

Poor judgment, in this case, is an excuse for downright unacceptable behavior:

Teresa,
I am not saying that poor judgment is an excuse for unacceptable behavior. I said it does not make up the totality of a person. His comment was very hurtful to many people, and there is no excuse for that, nor am I trying to absolve him of it.

Nicolosi then joked that if the father did not catch his son and the infant fell and cracked his head, that the son might have brain damage, “but at least he won’t be gay.”

Ann said:
Holding that one example against either one, as has been done, is not a reflection of Michael Jackson as a father or Dr. Nicolosi as a therapist.

Warren said:
I think the example speaks to his approach to the subject and his attitude toward gays.

Ann, I’m a bit bewildered how you can cut slack to Dr. Nicolosi on his remark. The man is a professional who should know better. He’s a therapist who has been trained to know that “some words can kill”. This is what the man does for a living. It indeed is a reflection on Nicolosi’s attitude toward gays. Why do we think he’s a big shooter in the ‘ex-gay’ movement … because he loves gays? Really? Are we going to trot out the old “he loves the sinner, but hates the sin”.
Read that sentence again and try that with Kirk or Matthew Shepherd.