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To: I_Love_My_Husband
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association all concluded about 30 years ago that homosexuality is not a disorder.

And, I'm sure they will say the same about pedophelia.

4 posted on 12/14/2002 1:21:21 PM PST by Paul Atreides
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To: Paul Atreides
In truth, when the APA declared that homosexuality was not a disorder, their head psych was a closet queen. I heard it on, of all places, NPR. The other two just followed suit.
However your pedophilia arguement is what I use with my lesbian sister (after her two marriages and 4 kids she found this out)
7 posted on 12/14/2002 1:30:02 PM PST by netmilsmom
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To: Paul Atreides
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association all concluded about 30 years ago that homosexuality is not a disorder.

Ya think maybe, just maybe it might be because the deviants permeated those professions?

I find it more significant that for the previous 6000 years of recorded civilization it was the reverse, homosexuality generally was (is) considered a perversion worldwide.

14 posted on 12/14/2002 2:08:57 PM PST by Publius6961
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And, I'm sure they will say the same about pedophelia

Not exactly.....they debate the age at which pedophelia begins....and ends, at which point it is OK.

Certain countries in Europe have managed to get the "age of consent" down to 12 already. Why not 10 or 8...etc. It's only a matter of time.

23 posted on 12/14/2002 3:04:24 PM PST by Seeking the truth
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To: Paul Atreides
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association all concluded about 30 years ago that homosexuality is not a disorder.

This statement is incomplete. It should read:

"The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, and the American Medical Association, under pressure from radical homosexual activists within their ranks, all decided about 30 years ago that homosexuality is not a disorder."

It had nothing to do with science and everything to do with politics.
44 posted on 12/14/2002 6:40:05 PM PST by Antoninus
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To: Paul Atreides
"The American Psychiatric Assocoiation, The American Psychological Association, and the American Medical association all concluded about 30 years ago that homosexuality is not a disorder."

Yeah, and about 15 - 20 years ago, they removed Sadism and Mascohism from the diagnostic manual also. Then they had to reinvent catagories to account for the same obviously pathological (that is, tending towards injury or death) behaviors previously covered by the term S&M.

VietVet
60 posted on 12/14/2002 9:28:55 PM PST by VietVet
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To: Paul Atreides
Of course they will. They did not drop homosexuality as a disorder because of any scientific study that proved otherwise (especially since none exist), but due to political pressure from homosexual activists.
92 posted on 12/16/2002 3:12:43 AM PST by Houmatt
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