Gay man says 'reversal' therapy did not change him

[marmar]

Gay man says 'reversal' therapy did not change him
By LISA LEFF, Associated Press Writer – 28 mins ago


SAN FRANCISCO – A gay man testified Wednesday in a federal same-sex marriage trial that the "reversal therapy" he underwent as a teenager to change his sexual orientation drove him to the brink of suicide.

Lawyers for two same-sex couples suing to overturn California's gay marriage ban called 26-year-old Ryan Kendall to the witness stand to demonstrate that a person's sexual orientation cannot usually be changed.

The point is central to their effort to show that gays deserve special protections from discrimination under the U.S. Constitution.

Kendall said the therapy he tried at the insistence of his parents did nothing to turn him into a heterosexual.

"I was just as gay as when I started," he said. .............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100120/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial

[Arkana]

1. Oh my stars and garters!

You mean that "praying away the gay" doesn't work? Well I NEVER! :sarcasm:

[joeybee12]

2. He's just not praying to the right God...prayer ALWAYS works...

...better than anything else.

Now, can I borrow your :sarcasm: ????

[xchrom]

3. How on earth did that happen?!?! Nt

[Gregorian]

7. He wasn't just gay. He was fabulously gay. Incurable.

:)

[Kadie]

4. .

K&R

[closeupready]

5. There's a shocker.

:sarcasm:

What so many of us (who are gay) have stated over and over and over - prayer and conversion therapy and pictures of naked females do NOT TURN MEN STRAIGHT.

Sexual orientation is FIXED and IMMUTABLE.

[ck4829]

6. How many nails does the coffin of "but they choose to be gay!!11!" need?

What kind of person would choose to have his parents tell him that he is an abomination and that he should have been an abortion or choose to be pushed to the point of considering suicide?