MORALITY IS NOTHING BUT...:

Gay to straight: HOMOSEXUALITY: The American Psychological Association reports that identity and behavior can be changed to affirm religious beliefs (Alisa Harris, 8/14/09, World)

Psychologist Warren Throckmorton once met a woman who was in a lifelong lesbian relationship and suddenly, with no prefaced desire to leave her lesbian lifestyle, fell in love with a guy at work. She left her lesbian partner and married the man.

The American Psychological Association just published a report on whether therapists can make this change happen. In examining change therapy, which claims that people with homosexual desires can switch to heterosexual desires, the report says there is insufficient evidence that the therapies work.

But it also found that while people are unlikely to change their desires, they can change their identity and behavior. People who underwent change therapy sometimes reported that they learned to tolerate same-sex attraction, even if they didn’t act on it. Some eventually identified as heterosexuals and had heterosexual relationships. The APA also said that therapists can help people choose to live in a way that affirms their religious beliefs.

...not acting on one's desires.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 14, 2009 9:32 AM