Schools required to distribute 'ex-gay' literature; Truth Wins Out slams move

[meegbear]

Some suburban Washington, DC high schools are being forced to hand out anti-gay literature from a group that aims to "cure homosexuals," PageOneQ has learned.

The flyers, produced by Parents and Friend of Ex-Gays (P-FOX), will be the sole information distributed to students on February 1st. Wayne Besen (r.), president of Truth Wins Out an organization that dispels myths of the so-called 'ex-gay' movement, immediately condemned the move.

Besen called upon the Montgomery County, Maryland Board of Education to stop the flyer's distribution. "It is unacceptable that these schools are steering students to a website with strong ties to an organization that believes Africans were better off as slaves," Besen said in an interview with PageOneQ. He was referring to a controversy last year when an organization repeatedly referred to on the soon-to-be distributed literature as a credible source of information was roundly condemned for posting an apparent justification of slavery on its site.

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As a result of the storm, NARTH’s President, Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, announced he would resign his position. Dean Byrd will replace him this year. Byrd is the CEO of the Thrasher Research Fund, a foundation operated by the Mormon Church.

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[MadBiologist]

1. So...

THis tripe will be the only information presented to students? The hell? What about information on how the ex-gay movement has almost zero actual success rate, and causes massive psychological damage to the people it "helps"? Oh, wait, these people aren't interested in the truth. I forgot! Silly me and my notions of "honesty"