US psychoanalysts apologize for previously labeling homosexuality a mental illness

The Hill ^ | June 21, 2019

[Mr Ramsbotham]

I met a number of mostly male homosexuals in college. I found they were all troubled by one demon or another - addiction, depression, suicide, hyper-sexuality, disease, violence from other gays. That formed my views on it.

The guilt demon isn't amenable to rationalization.

[RoosterRedux]

Right. Changing your story under coercion doesn't change the truth or even affect the validity of your original statement.

The headline of this story should read:

"LBGTQ community forces US psychoanalysts to recant re: labeling homosexuality a mental illness."

[Jeff Chandler]

Like the story of Galileo who was forced to recant his belief in the earth revolving around the sun, but mumbled under his breath, “But it does move”.

That's a nice -- and very popular -- story. The problem with it is that Galileo was never forced to recant his belief in the earth revolving around the sun, nor did he mumble under his breath, “But it does move”.

Galileo's "crime" was in teaching a then unproven theory as fact. He was free to advance his theory, but the rules were strict: only proven facts could be taught as facts. This was to prevent crackpot theories such as the current anthropogenic global warming hoax from being foisted upon the public. The eventual proof of a heliocentric solar system was to come later, so it was at the time only a theory. Galileo insisted on ignoring the rules, and the authorities at first ignored his transgressions. Unfortunately, Galileo was a first class jerk and personally insulted the authorities, up to and including the Pope.

Galileo was never tortured or imprisoned. He was under house arrest in one of his luxury apartments, with all his equipment, where he was allowed to continue his research.

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[pepsi_junkie]

Bestiality and pedophilia are higher priority.

I saw the media celebrating a ten year old boy wearing makeup, a dress, and high heels strutting on stage at a gay nightclub where gay men were hooting and hollering like he was a stripper so I figured the pedophilia one had already been declared "normal" but it turns out that officially it's still frowned upon, at least officially.

[T Ruth]

"LBGTQ community forces US psychoanalysts to recant re: labeling homosexuality a mental illness."

You're right. This is like the Chinese Cultural Revolution of the the late sixties and early seventies.

[Jeff Chandler]

A dear friend of mine was a homosexual. He told me that what I had -- a normal life with a wife and children -- is what everybody, himself included, wished for.

The hedonistic behavior of some of my straight friends makes me wonder if his assertion might not be 100% true.

[Jeff Chandler]

Things are really screwed up.

We have become Rome (the empire, not the faith).

[faithhopecharity]

Sure. Why not pay reparations, too? /s

[DoughtyOne]

I agree. Seems the fate of any Republic.

[so_real]

It is time to start publishing what percentage of the membership of the American Psychoanalytic Association are homosexuals; and what percentage of their patrons are homosexuals for which they are charged with helping to feel better about themselves. Idiocy generally has a logical explanation.

[ArtDodger]

Right after the AIDS thing hit, Arlen Spector did a pretty comprehensive study on homosexuality and its relationship to AIDS. 95% of the men who identified as gay molested when they were children.

[nikos1121]

Forget the fact that thousands of scientific studies back up the fact that it’s a mental disorder...similar to other addictions.

but then again, who cares.

No genetic holy grail will ever be found, but then again who cares about science.

[Boogieman]

Just because you stopped calling it a mental illness doesn’t mean the homos magically became sane.

[Responsibility2nd]

You were wrong then or you are wrong now. Either way the APA has been discredited.

It seems to me there is only one standard that has been true through out the centuries. And that’s The Bible.

And so I’ll stick with what God says about this filthy immoral disease.

[robel]

Of course, now the gay mafia will force them to label Christianity a mental illness.

[originalbuckeye]

I believe the first value, in actual double blind scientific studies, turns out to be over 90%. And the second value under 10%.

[OldNewYork]

They should be apologizing for their weakness in allowing pathological conditions to be removed from medical reference books by a Cultural Marxist lobbying campaign.

[zerosix]

Sure, it’s not a “mental illness” but it is also not a normal sexual behavior as our Creator designed our bodies to act.

It is sin, it is a physical misuse of our sexual organs and also an “abomination” in the sight of that same Creator!

We humans can call it (homosexuality) many things, even go so far as falsely claiming “God created me this way,” but those explanations are simply lies and God also hates lies and liars!

[Maris Crane]

The Hill, again.

It may or may not be a “mental illness,” but it sure as he!!
is UNNATURAL.

No disputing that.

[Rapscallion]

It is a mental illness. They can deny it and apologize for it. But it is what it is.

Yes it is a mental illness, but if I cannot call it that, what do I call it?

Just "evil"?