[Faith-talk] Fw: Nov. 14: Is Homosexuality Innate?

Sat Nov 15 12:54:09 UTC 2008

If it is over then why did you send this.  You can't have it both ways.

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At 10:23 PM 11/14/2008, you wrote:
>Only because of some recent discussions and 
>comments here, I am forwarding this 
>issue.  Linda, I know you said it's over, and no 
>worries there, it's over.  But I wanted to pass 
>this along in case it had any useful info for 
>Beth, her 2 friends, or any others here who may have an interest in this topic.
>
>
>Strive On--for His Glory,
>Everett
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "CitizenLink" <citizenlink at family.org>
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:35 PM
>Subject: Nov. 14: Is Homosexuality Innate?
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>CITIZENLINK DAILY UPDATE
>Nov. 14, 2008
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>Nov. 14: Is Homosexuality Innate?
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>Video Friday Five: Dr. Neil and Briar Whitehead
>by Kim Trobee, digital producer
>
>SUMMARY: Their research demonstrates homosexuality is not innate.
>
>The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality
>(NARTH) recently held its annual convention in Denver.
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>http://capwiz.com/fof/utr/1/BSJTJLGJWJ/FFBLJLGJZU/2630265056/
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>Dr. Neil Whitehead was the keynote speaker at the Nov. 7-9 event. His
>wife, Briar, also spoke.
>
>The Whiteheads are co-authors of My Genes Made Me Do It! A Scientific
>Look at Sexual Orientation and have lived and worked in India, France,
>Japan, Afghanistan and the U.S. They currently reside in New Zealand.
>
>Dr. Whitehead has published more than 130 scientific papers. He holds
>his Ph.D. in biochemistry and worked as a scientist with the New
>Zealand government for 24 years. He has now been a consultant for seven
>years.
>
>Briar Whitehead is a journalist, researcher, writer and speaker. She is
>the author of Craving for Love and God Speaks from a Little Box.
>
>The Whiteheads spoke with CitizenLink during the Denver conference.
>
>WATCH THE VIDEO
>
>LINK
>
>READ THE TRANSCRIPT
>
>1. Dr. Whitehead, you've done extensive research in the area of
>homosexuality. What have you found with regard to the causes of male
>homosexuality?
>
>There are multiple causes, and some of them are sexual abuse and
>failure to identify with the masculine world, sometimes a rebellion
>against it, sometimes exclusion and bullying by peers, sometimes
>failure to copy a father.
>
>The twin studies show that genetics could not be a high factor. If you
>have identical twins, they have the same genes and probably the same
>family environment. So, if you have identical twins, one of whom is
>homosexual, will the other be homosexual, as well? Only about 10
>percent of the time. That means it's mostly not genetic.
>
>2. In the United States, there is a lot of resistance to helping people
>who have unwanted same-sex attractions. Do you find that in New
>Zealand, as well?
>
>Indeed. There are far fewer therapists in New Zealand (interested in
>such therapy).
>
>3. Briar, how did you get into all this?
>
>I'm a writer by training. I thought I might look at homosexuality; it
>just interested me. I found a fellow who had been a homosexual activist
>and prostitute, who had become a Christian, who had had an experience
>that was so profound of God's love that he wanted to get out of
>homosexuality. I met him and I thought, "Wouldn't it be good to
>do a racy biography of this guy? It could sell well."
>
>We started with interviewing, and I found I had no empathy whatsoever.
>I was very switched off by what he had to say about what he did. And
>then God took me on a crisis in which I discovered . a series of
>emotional dependencies in my life on men old enough to be my father. I
>could not break these things. I could not shake these things. If I
>relocated geographically, I would find another one. And I would hook in
>again, and my emotional world would shrink down to the size of this
>person who I could not do without.
>
>And God healed me of this. He profoundly spoke to me and explained the
>reasons for this, and at the end of it I found I was able to empathize
>with the homosexual person. The book I wrote was called Craving for
>Love.
>
>4. Dr. Neil, modern psychiatry says that if you treat someone for
>homosexuality, you are doing them harm. Is that true?
>
>No. There haven't been any studies which have shown conclusive,
>significant harm. One study, which looked deliberately for harm, found
>a lessening of suicides afterward. So, therapy must be doing a tower of
>good.
>
>5. Briar, how do you respond to those who say, "I've read your book,
>but I don't think that can work for me"?
>
>God deals with us as individuals. There are different paths for
>different people. We're uniquely made, and God relates with us
>uniquely. And what heals one person will not necessarily heal another.
>But there are things you can find in common. When it comes to
>homosexuality, you can get out of this thing. It's not quick; it's a
>process. But it is a steady movement out.
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION
>Visit the Whiteheads' Web site, where you can download their book My
>Genes Made Me Do It! and read about their research.
>
>http://capwiz.com/fof/utr/1/BSJTJLGJWJ/OFCWJLGJZV/2630265056/
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>Should those who demand "tolerance" be tolerant of former
>homosexuals?
>
>http://capwiz.com/fof/utr/1/BSJTJLGJWJ/GYFKJLGJZW/2630265056
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>Don't homosexuals have the right to live in alignment with their chosen
>values?
>
>http://capwiz.com/fof/utr/1/BSJTJLGJWJ/KNLUJLGJZX/2630265056
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>Can gay people really change?
>
>http://capwiz.com/fof/utr/1/BSJTJLGJWJ/KXJCJLGJZY/2630265056
>
>Watch a special video report from the NARTH conference.
>
>http://capwiz.com/fof/utr/1/BSJTJLGJWJ/CNEAJLGJZZ/2630265056
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>(NOTE: Referral to Web sites not produced by Focus on the Family is for
>informational purposes only and does not necessarily constitute an
>endorsement of the sites' content.)
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>
>Two years ago, Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling
>Enforcement Act (UIGEA). The law gives financial institutions a
>government go-ahead to block payments to off-shore Internet gambling
>interests.
>
>And for two years, Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has fought to undo the
>regulations.
>
>On Thursday, the battle seemed to come to an end, as the Treasury
>Department and the Federal Reserve Board finalized UIGEA regulations.
>Banks have one year in which to bring their systems into compliance
>with the law.
>
>"This is a huge victory for families," said Chad Hills,
>analyst for gambling research and policy at Focus at the Family Action.
>"For the past decade, Congress has tried to pass such legislation,
>and now it is complete."
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>- Jennifer Mesko
>
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>Chicago Middle-Schooler Finds Tolerance Hard to Come By
>
>A 14-year-old Chicago-area student has discovered those who cry for
>"tolerance" the loudest may be the most intolerant.
>
>Just before the election, Catherine Vogt conducted an experiment in
>political tolerance at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School in Oak Park. On
>the first day of her experiment, she wore a T-shirt with the words
>"McCain Girl" written on it.
>
>"People were upset. They started saying things, calling me very
>stupid, telling me my shirt was stupid," Catherine told Chicago
>Tribune columnist John Kass.
>
>"One person told me to go die. It was a lot of dying. A lot of
>comments about how I should be killed." One student even suggested
>she should be crucified.
>
>Catherine recorded all of the comments in her journal.
>
>The next day, Catherine wore another T-shirt, this one with "Obama
>Girl" written in blue. And an amazing thing happened.
>
>"People liked my shirt. They said things like my brain had come
>back, and I had put the right shirt on today," Catherine told the
>Tribune.
>
>Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family Action, called
>it a disturbing trend.
>
>"Too often we see tolerance being awarded and promoted for only one
>viewpoint - the more liberal one - while students who dare to express
>more conservative leanings are shunned or ridiculed.
>
>"The good news is, there are students who are bravely calling
>attention to the double standard."
>
>Catherine turned her journal into a report, earning extra credit.
>
>- Jennifer Mesko
>
>(A-P / JMM / 30 min.)
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>Marriage Advocates Respond to Harassment, Intimidation
>
>Ten days after a majority of California voters approved a
>constitutional amendment to define marriage as between one man and one
>woman, the "tolerance" is out in full force.
>
>Those who supported Proposition 8 have been blacklisted, harassed and
>intimidated. Churches have been defaced. Donors and volunteers for the
>Yes on 8 campaign have been fired or forced to resign - just because
>they exercised their constitutional right to participate in the
>political process. And African-Americans have been accused of
>abandoning civil rights.
>
>"This is the kind of thing we need to bring to the attention of
>the general population because by no means is the mantra of the gay
>agenda tolerance; by every definition (it's) intolerance and
>hate-filled bigotry," said Ron Prentice, chairman of Yes on 8 and
>executive director of the California Family Council.
>
>"We were attempting to be respectful, but the opposition is
>actually increasing their rallies, their marches, their vandalism - to
>the point of sending envelopes with white powder to the Mormon Temple
>and to other major religious headquarters," he told Family News in
>Focus before a Yes on 8 news conference. "So we've decided we
>need to come out assertively against all of this activity and
>respond."
>
>- Jennifer Mesko
>
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