“It’s not homophobic, anti-gay, nothing like that. It’s simply a research organization trying to make known good information…” ~ Julie Hamilton

The choice of speakers proves the first assertion is false — and junk “science” is hardly “good information”.

sam – I know you want NARTH not to support criminalization but in fact they have no official position for or against. To discern the attitudes of leaders of a group, then you look to their choices on other matters such as who they invite to speak at their events. NARTH chooses Slater to speak who, despite your strange interpretation of her, does support African countries who maintain harsh laws against homosexuality.
Association with Mormons doesn’t make you a Mormon, but it does mean you support at least some of their objectives. Same with NARTH and Slater. NARTH is not Slater but they must as a leadership group feel good about what she is doing. Why else invite a non-scientist to speak at a so-called scientific meeting?

?”Earlier this year, Slater claimed that she stopped using Martin Ssempa as a liaison in Africa after she learned about Ssempa’s support for the Anti-Homosexuality Bill. Slater correctly understands that the bill requires the death penalty for HIV positive gays and she opposes that.
However,she refused to condemn prison terms for gays in Uganda or any other country. In essence, her position is the same as Scott Lively’s view – oppose the death penalty but support the stance of African nations who maintain harsh prison terms for GLBT people. The Anti-Homosexuality Bill is once again before Uganda’s Parliament and may be considered on the floor within the next month.”

Exodus remains a strong ally of NARTH — even though Exodus says they oppose the crimininalization of homosexuality. It’s way past time for Exodus to dump NARTH and say so clearly and openly. Silence implies agreement.
http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmasteradrian.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F11%2F07%2Fnarth-features-gay-imprisonment-advocate%2F&h=_AQFvJ6PqAQGIMAypbHb01qzmJVdXE6CgJa8IUnwKa6s8sQ

(Can you imagine Nicolosi telling social conservatives that military service by a man increases the odds that his sons will be gay?)

Actually, come to think of it, I can imagine Nicolosi saying this — in order to boost sales of his “Gay-Proofing Your Kids” books among military families, and especially religious ones…