[Buffalo Bob]

I don't think there's anything in the bible to the effect that homosexuality is a mental illness ...

I think you are correct, I don't recall any such association. I do remember, however, several passages which refer to homosexuality as sinful, evil, and worthy of death. Imagine the homosexual outrage if the judge would have made those associations. If anything, he was gentle with his assertion.

The judge isn't making a moral claim. The judge is making a medical diagnosis.

You may be right on this one. I think he was making a clear case of their disease being just what most folks know it to be, a mental illness. One that has been shown to be treatable.

[ConsistentLibertarian]

If it were a mental illness, it would be mean spirited for God to hold it against a person ... Most people who talk the sin-talk think of it as involving voluntary behavior, not chemical imbalances in the brain.

[Grut]

I think he was making a clear case of their disease being...a mental illness. One that has been shown to be treatable.

The Argentine government of a few decades ago used to hook political dissidents' genitals up to shock machines and zap them while showing them pictures of their husbands or wives. In this way, the authorities were quite successful in 'treating' heterosexuality.

[JimRed]

I think he was making a clear case of their disease being just what most folks know it to be, a mental illness.

Gee, when the homosexuals became the majority on the board of the American Psychiatric Association, they took a vote. Surprise, surprise! Homosexuals are no longer mentally ill!