I think it would anger anyone who was open minded enough to understand that you fall in love with who you fall in love with, regardless of whether they are male or female. It shows a level of ignorance in my opinion. I feel sorry for people who have those views. They obviously are deeply disturbed individuals.

Yes.. Plus it reinforces the state of mind that being gay is a "choice"

I think it's funny when preachers think like that when there reputation is child molesters.. lol (no one is forcing them to look at the gay ppl do there thing)

You know, I find an interesting dichotomy in this question. Those that support homosexual rights are all about people being about to express their sexuality without anybody judging them for their choices. If a person who has been living as a heterosexual should decide that they want to try homosexuality. Hey that is great. If such a person should decide that they like homosexuality more, then more power to them. However, let a homosexual decide that he doesn't want to be homosexual any more and seek to change his sexual orientation. Then these same people get all up in arms over the situation. How dare he do such a thing!?! Does anybody else see the hypocrisy here?

This is a comment for Bob AB wont allow me to post the comment, and I know not why: anyway, bob: Homosexuality isn't a disease, nor is it a psychological disorder. (As long as you aren't forcing it on someone else) Pedophilia forces someones will on someone who is otherwise helpless. That IS wrong. Since it isn't a disease, it does not need a cure. Since it isn't a psychological disorder, no amount of counciling will ever "cure" them either. Humans are bisexual by nature, and there is genetic evidence that bieng gay is a natural, born-in trait. It's like your taste buds. Would you cure someone for liking the taste of cheese, just because you didn't like it? Curing homosexuality makes no more sense. It may even be evoloutionary that the preference is more prevalent. Humans are bisexual by nature, the drive to reproduce has lead most toward a partner of the opposite sex. With a populated planet, the need to reproduce is less prevalent. Therefore, a more evenly distributed lean one way or the other is inevitable. I will not go into the religious aspect, this conversation is complicated enough as is. We don't agree there either. TO Glenn: Everyone knows how homosexuals are treated in this day and age. How they are cut down, and how people view the situation. They have to realize the hardships they are to endure for bieng who they are. Why would anyone "choose" to be discriminated against? They wouldn't. If you are gay, you are. If you aren't, you aren't. Deciding you don't want to be, won't help anything. You can put on a front and date the opposite sex, sure, but you wouldn't be being true to yourself. The repression can cause serious psychological backlash later as well. You can try to lie to yourself, but it wont work forever. To Bob: Update: AB wont let me post a comment on this for some reason, it's bieng very strange tonight, anyway: I believe that there is a big difference between a sexuality and a "-philia". Now, were there a cure for "-philia" whether it be "pedo-", "necro-", or anything similar, it would be a good thing. "-philia" denotes an abnormal obsession (similar to a fetish) with something in particular.(i.e. one could be a theophile) A sexuality is an attaction. You could compare two "-philia"s (such as necrophilia and pedophilia). You can compare two sexualities (such as homosexuality and heterosexuality). Mixing them presents problems, as they are not on the same level. Can you compare necrophilia to heterosexuality? No, so don't compare homosexuality to pedophilia. Homosexuality isn't a "-philia", nor is it a fetish. Humans are, by nature, bisexual. Humans are not, by nature, pedophiles. Pedophilia is a form of psychological fetishism. Homosexuality is not.

It does anger me. People need to stop trying to fore others into their beliefs. Homosexuality is NOT a disease. There is no vaccine to "cure it". When people claim they are cured, I think they just "give in" and tell themselves they aren't allowed to live a gay lifestyle anymore, and therefore force themselves into relationships with the opposite sex. It doesn't mean they don't want to sleep with their same sex, it just means they won't act on it openly anymore. I was watching The Cobert Report, and while I know his show is satyrical, there was some truth to a clip they showed. A gentleman came out with a book and a program on how to stop being gay. Aparantly he did it, and it "cured him". They showed him talking about what he does when he gets urges, and he says he hunches a pillow, or tells himself, "I'm not gay, I like women". Then they put him next to an openly gay man, and the "cured guy" is drooling on the gay man, and staring at him like a starving person looking at a steak. I realise the show is supposed to be humorus, but the truth is captured in that clip. They may say they have been "cured", but I believe in my heart of hearts that they are lieing to themselves and to everyone else around them about being straight.

It upsets me, especially when looking at some facts behind such groups. Former leaders of so called "ex-gay" groups have now apologized for their previous opinionated actions. The ultra conservative president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has said that scientific research "points to some level of biological causation" for homosexuality & "I am absolutely confident that a large number of homosexuals are telling the truth when they say they did not choose that orientation." One of the most outspoken people claiming that they were "cured" was John Paulk, who became active with the anti-gay groups Focus on the Family and Exodus. He was "cured" to the point that, after marrying and having children, he went to the Washington D.C. gay bar Mr. P's where he purchased drinks for other bar patrons for over an hour and later claimed he did not know it was a gay bar and only entered to use the restroom. (Paulk is no longer their spokesperson.) http://www.beyondexgay.com/article/apology http://abcnews.go.com/US/WireStory?id=2951433&page=2 http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/Paulk-Southern%20Voice.html

You know it's funny because I'm not gay but it infuriates me to no end when people use my God as a weapon against being gay. It also infuriates me when people want to "cure" homosexulality.

yep i totally agree you are they way that you are and you should be proud to be there is no such things as a cure to being gay and them people who think they have been "cured" are you sure you were gay in the first place??? because if so maybe some people should go and get cured for being staight!!!

Well I once met a lesbian that was cured when she met the right man. You can argue with her over whether or not she really was cured. I'll just take her word for it for now.

It doesn't anger me so much as it makes me laugh my butt off. You can't change a genetic trait with therapy. It's like talking someone out of their eye or hair color. They are also perpertraiting a fraud and praying on a vulnarable segement of the population who in some cases would do anything to conform. They are litterly selling false hope. That's what ticks me off. They are also helping to perpetuate the myth that homosexuality is a choice and a perversion of sexual desire. This in turn always bigotry towards homomsexuals to be a accepted part of socity. Not very Christian if you ask me. Just remember out of all the ailments Jesus cured not one of them was homosexuality and it was a prevelant and excepted practice when he was alive.

of course it angers me...this people are nothing but ignorant bigots. you can't "cure" something which is not a disease...and their idea of a "cure" is nothing but organized brain-washing. if you've been raised to feel shame for being who you are and your self-esteem is zero, you may fall victim to these predators. but, can anyone really live with lying to themselves and everyone else for the rest of their lives, and denying themselves real happiness? those who claim to be cured are in denial...they will always be gay.

Yes, it does. Especially since it's a lie that has caused much spiritual and psychological harm to many gay people and their families.

Absolutely! Homosexuality is not an illness. It has existed throughout history and is simply a natural expression of human sexuality for many people. I am always angry when Christianity (or any religion) seeks to invalidate normal aspects of humanity.