Does gay deprogramming work?

Question

No Christian responses, please.

Answer 1

No. Notice that none of the answers saying yes seem to be from gays? And, judging from the other questions they've answered, they are also all from Christians as well. Straight Christians can continue to believe that their ideas of deprogramming will work for gays, because they will never have to endure it themselves. The fact of the matter is that it does not work. There are plenty of cases of people who were supposedly "cured" of their homosexuality, only to "fall" to it again later. Why did they go back to being gay? Because the deprogramming didn't do anything but convince them that they could force themselves to be straight - but in the end, they were wrong and could not do so. Many "ex-gays," even the ones claiming it worked for them completely, will still talk about the homosexual thoughts and feelings that tempt them. Why? Because they're still gay. They might be "choosing" not to act on the fact that they are gay, but they are still gay none the less. They could force themselves to get married and have children if they wanted to, but if the desire to be with the same sex is still there, they are still gay and simply denying their nature to appease their religion.

Answer 2

Gay Deprogramming

Answer 3

Homosexuals are PEOPLE not f****** computers.

You can't be 'deprogrammmed' to stop being gay.

Jesus! The world needs more acceptance and understanding, more tolerance, not a bunch of whacko's who think being gay is evil and must removed at all costs!

This is why I can't stand religion, especially die hard christians who preach their infectious bulls***.
It's attitudes like this that create hate and ruin lives.

Now I don't know if your religious but the fact that you even asked the question is apalling!
We shouldn't even have to talk about it, it shouldnt even have to exist! The only reason it does is because of religious fanatics and I am absolutely disguisted!

What next?
Bleaching programmes for black people?
Its sickening madness!

Answer 4

Er...would straight deprogramming work? You can't make someone become something which is against their nature.Gay people are born gay & we will leave this world gay,anyone who says they have been 'straightened out' is lying.

Answer 5

Take care! I would advocate celibacy if Willy Average is right in what he says. I don't like the idea of anyone messing with my mind for sure. I do have doubts if gay sex (men) is good for mental health: I think it fcuks a lot of people up good and proper, especially those with religious upbringing to further confuse things but I am convinced that same sex relationships are not a bad thing in themselves. Do you really want to change who you are?

Answer 6

No.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_repar.htm

Answer 7

I would say it works in the sense that the person would feel more of a reason to bury the thoughts inside of them, and not show them... in a sense "curing" them. And this would only come back to haunt them later when all the confusion inside of them builds up and they want to explode.

So realistically, I'd say no, it doesn't work.

(P.S. I'm Christian. And I know good and well that homosexuality is not a choice, it's a natural thing.)

Answer 8

Why do you assume that gay's are programmed in the first place it is nature how you were born.
I myself am gay and I do not feel I was programmed in any way.
Your question makes gay people sound like robots.

Answer 9

Only the really intensive ones, and you have to go to Pyongyang for those. They may have some side effects in the way of Maoist rhetoric.

Answer 10

Do you mean, does emotional abuse eventually convince the abused that they were wrong? I suppose it would in some cases, but you'd be an evil sod to do it to someone.