(Gay-conversion programs are programs designed to turn gay people into heterosexual people.)
2006-10-23 09:37:46 · 30 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Such programs are nonsense. The daughter would be in for a lot of hurt, and so would the guy.
2006-10-23 09:40:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 10⤊ 1⤋
That's a loaded question. Many of the answers deal with whether or not you can "convert" someone into being heterosexual, which is not the question, in my opinion. The real question is, or should be, if your daughter loved someone, and that person was a very good person, and they were happy together, and really wanted to be married, would you SUPPORT you daughter in her decision. I don't think it is anyone's position to judge someone else if they are different than us or have taken a different path in life. As a parent we should encourage our children to become educated people and make rational decisions based upon the information they are presented with. Just because I, or anyone, may believe in one thing or another, we should not impose those beliefs upon others, even if they are our children.
2006-10-24 08:30:27 · answer #2 · answered by straightup 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't encourage my daughter to marry a man who just graduated from a Christian gay-conversion program. In fact, I wouldn't encourage my daughter to marry anyone but the person she felt she could spend the rest of her life with. Aside from the fact that I don't believe that you can turn someone into a heterosexual.
2006-10-23 09:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by prettydebutante 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No, I would not- and here is why. Gay conversion programs cannot accomplish what they claim to accomplish- period. Homosexuality has biological roots that have been scientifically shown, just like eye color. Hence it cannot be changed or "corrected".
When an apparent conversion occurs, there are two possibilities. One, the person is actually bisexual. Two, the person only learns to hide or repress it, only for his/her true sexuality to eventually resurface. In the case of the daughter, it would be both unethical and cruel as it would set her up for almost certain failure.
2006-10-23 09:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The entire idea of "gay conversion" is ridiculous. People are what they are, and these "programs" are nothing more than brainwashing. I'd love to see some data on how many of these converts return to homosexuality. Anyone who can be converted is lying to themselves about who they really are, and lying to the world. "God made me stop being gay." Yeah right.
So the answer to that is no. The convert is most likely an easily led, weak minded liar. I wouldn't want my kids to marry someone like that.
2006-10-23 09:45:12 · answer #5 · answered by ReeRee 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. I actually have two friends who married closet homosexuals. The first was devestated when her husband came out and divorced her. The second couple remained married even though he came out AFTER they had already had two children together. All the same - you can tell she was devestated by it. In denying how they are (I see those programs as teaching people to be in denial), they could just end up hurting the woman they marry in the long run.
2006-10-23 09:45:31 · answer #6 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
ummm...ok. I don't think the psychological community gives these programs any validity. After all being gay is biological. have you not seen it happen in nature with same sex partners in animals as well? But, if this person "turned"straight, it means that he really wasn't gay in the first place. Not only that, these people are fakers who pay people to say that they "turned" straight, it's a farce.
Also, I WOULD encourage my daughter to marry someone like this if that is what she wants, I cannot come in the way of love. but if she tells me that she wants to marry a woman, I would also support her. Heck, even I would marry a man or a woman.
2006-10-23 09:44:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
anyone remember that couple that appeared in an add in USA Today and the New York Times in the late 1990s? It was paid for by Exodus, International and the couple did an interview with one of the news magazines. Now, if that dude ain't gay! A man who claims to be a born-again former flamer who behaves effeminately is not straight...no way!
2006-10-23 09:43:40 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If I ever have a daughter, NO.
No. No. And... NO.
Reparative therapy programs as well as any other techniques, organizations or programs that tout the ability to "transform" gays into straights are LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH. People cannot change sexuality. People do not change sexuality. People only repress and pretend and lie to themselves and play like everything is "better". There is no "better". Homosexuality isn't something that needs to be "fixed" or "cured".
Anyone who has been "cured" of something that requires nothing of the sort is, without a doubt, much more troubled and conflicted than before they were "cured"... and they're STILL homosexual.
I wouldn't want any of my children or anyone AT ALL to be trapped in a hoax, a facade, an empty loveless joke of a marriage. It's not good for ANYONE involved.
2006-10-23 09:40:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 3⤋
Whenever I think of a gay-conversion program, I begin to smell a strange scent. It's sort of unrecognizable at first, but with time it becomes more clear as to what it is: bullsh*t!
2006-10-23 09:45:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would advise your daughter to run away, fast and far.
If, and when, this man wakes up and starts being true to himself, instead of trying to make himself over to what others want him to be, your daughter will be a position to get very hurt.
On the other hand, if he never comes out, she will be spending her life with someone who is not emotionally there for her because he is not truly there for himself.
Either way, your daughter loses if she stays with this man.
2006-10-23 09:45:11 · answer #11 · answered by gatheringplace2002 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋