Warren Throckmorton
Hillary Clinton’s Remarks Calling for Decriminalization of Homosexuality
I am late to this story which unfolded on Tuesday, Human Rights Day. The Obama Administration called on the rest of the world to decriminalize homosexuality, punctuating this call with remarks from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Geneva. The full text of these remarks are here. I am going to pull out some comments…
Read MoreThe Evangelical Blackout of Research on Sexual Orientation
Of late, I have given several talks to a variety of evangelical groups about the current research on sexual orientation. Along the way, I have been contacted by evangelicals who ask about the current status of sexual orientation research. After the conversations and speeches, many questions come up. One question I hear after almost all…
Read MoreUniversity of Utah professor: NARTH article “unscientific and irresponsible”
Does engaging in same-sex behavior cause people to become gay? NARTH Scientific Advisory Board member Chris Rosik posed this question in a recent review of a study on risk behavior among gay and bisexual men. The study, led by David Huebner at the University of Utah found that gay and bisexual men who engage in…
Read MoreNARTH Founder Retracts Claim of Sexual Reorientation via Lexapro
While examining NARTH’s 2009 review of past studies on homosexuality (Journal of Human Sexuality, Vol.1 – click the link for the entire issue), I ran across this citation: Nicolosi (in press) found that while conducting reparative therapy, a 50-year-old male client reported a sudden and dramatic freedom from unwanted homosexual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors after…
Read MoreIs Exodus International set to rebrand?
Article at Exgaywatch this morning: Exclusive: Secret Conference Held to ‘Save Exodus International’ from Ruin The crux of the article is this: Exodus President Alan Chambers called a meeting together this past November 16. The subject was quite simply how to keep Exodus International from social and financial oblivion. In attendance were Exodus leadership, prominent…
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