If I were to post this in the open forums it will probably be moved to the soapbox and I have made it my promise not to get involved in a soapbox debate until my novella is done, which is coming along nicely. Also for those waiting on the last two parts of my play from the prior anthology, they are almost done and I am also wondering if my fictional play is actually being mirrored by non-fictional realities in Virginia. I'm not Arthur Miller, but sometimes, I wonder if the crucible that we currently face is really any different.

If that holds some of your interest, stay tuned for it. Heck, maybe I will finally finish a story (or a story in play form )

Anyway onto the New York Times article that I read about reparative therapy and the heartfelt apology of a psychotherapist, who was also an early champion of gay rights and later advocate of ex-gay movement.

http://www.nytimes.c...gewanted=1&_r=1

This was a great article and I hope that when Mr. Sptizer does pass on to whatever awaits us after this life, he is not burdened by his guilt over what he has allowed to transpire by people misinterpreting and misrepresenting his work. My words might not hold much weight as I am not one of his research paper's victims or one of the thousands being sent to reparative therapy facilities across the country based on the false conclusions. However, I do think he deserves absolution, maybe it's not too late.

I've been an opponent of Reparative therapy for years, I simply don't believe it holds scientific rationale and it is basically licensed psychological torture. Nazi death camps had experimented with similar techniques on POWs and gays in the past as well, Was it right 70 years ago? No, nor is this type of meddling with a person's life right today using similar techniques, no matter how much you supposedly are "watering" it down. Yet, we have followed through on a pattern of subjective destruction that may bold tragedy for our future.

Homosexuality is not a disease, it is not a mental condition, it is simply a state of being. It is who you are, not who are supposed to be or wish to be. In this day and age, we have a lot of kids pretending to be gay, because it's cool. It's not their true nature.

Being gay is something that you have to feel and hold in yourself, just like lesbians and I am betting bisexuals have the similar indescribable feelings. Physical attraction is one thing, but emotional and dare I say spiritual connection are also aligned in homosexuality.