Has APA given nod to “gay” change therapy?Michael Foust writes at the Baptist Press: ”In a report that has resulted in widely differing interpretations, a 130-page paper from an American Psychological Association task force Wednesday concluded there is little evidence that “gay-to-straight” therapies work, but — in a nod to Christian conservatives — said religious individuals who desire to leave homosexuality should be assisted in doing so . . . Warren Throckmorton, associate professor of psychology at Grove City College, a Christian school in Ohio, agreed and said the APA believes if there hasn’t been a change in what Christians would call ‘temptation,’ then there hasn’t been true change.” Warren Throckmorton writing at the Christian Post: APA Sexual Orientation and Therapy Task Force Report: An Analysis NARTH’s Press Release on APA Gay and Lesbian Task Force Report American Psychological Association “repudiates gay-to-straight therapy” |
