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'Missing' Man Sought by Gay Pal Is Willingly Undergoing Counseling, Family Says

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'Missing' Man Sought by Gay Pal Is Willingly Undergoing Counseling, Family Says - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

EXCLUSIVE: A 23-year-old pre-med student who "got caught up with friends who were pulling him" toward homosexuality is well and undergoing Christian counseling, his family says.

But a gay activist who created a Web site to locate the "missing" man says Bryce Faulkner's silence speaks volumes, claiming that the young man's religious parents are controlling his every move in an effort to "cure" him of his homosexuality.

Debra Faulkner, of El Dorado, Ark., denied the Web site's reports that her son was forced against his will to undergo reparative therapy for homosexuality at Exodus International, a nonprofit Christian organization that seeks "freedom from homosexuality" through Jesus Christ.

My opinion is that the guy is 23 years old, so if he wants to undergo therapy to 'cure' himself of homosexuality, go right ahead. I don't agree with the activist's opinion, that the family is forcing him to go (and if they are, he has the option to simply say "no"). However, I think it's ridiculous that organizations like Exodus International are free to operate with that agenda. Turnabout is fair play - if some backwards group can operate freely in the US with the goal of 'curing' someone of homosexuality, I see no problem with educating children about homosexuality and acceptance in a public school system.
 
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Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago and they fear when anyone undergoes treatment because it threatens their their paradigms and hurt recruitment.

But a gay activist who created a Web site to locate the "missing" man says Bryce Faulkner's silence speaks volumes, claiming that the young man's religious parents are controlling his every move in an effort to "cure" him of his homosexuality.
I wish My younger brother had received effective counseling. He might be alive today.
Am I anti gay? I was brought up to hate the sin not the sinner. Yes I hate the sin.
 
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Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago and they fear when anyone undergoes treatment because it threatens their their paradigms and hurt recruitment.

When was that proven false?
 
And in other news:

When the family is done with the counseling, they are taking their son to the local optometry center to buy him green contact lens so that he can change his eye color as well.
 
Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago

When was that exactly? They never located a so-called "gay gene" but they have never proved that homosexuality isn't something people are born with.
 
Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago and they fear when anyone undergoes treatment because it threatens their their paradigms and hurt recruitment.


I wish My younger brother had received effective counseling. He might be alive today.
Am I anti gay? I was brought up to hate the sin not the sinner. Yes I hate the sin.


Oh, boy, you could not be anymore wrong. Wait until Captain Courtesy gets hold of your post. :cool:
 
When was that proven false?

A long time ago, didn't you read that?

In the end, this anti-gay stuff is stupid. I would find it hard to believe that he went to the "counseling" by his own accord. If so, that's his choice, but it does sound like something perpetuated by homophobic parents.
 
Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago and they fear when anyone undergoes treatment because it threatens their their paradigms and hurt recruitment.

That's about 180 degrees from reality. The truth is gay people were for years diagnosed with an 'illness' based on absolutely no scientific studies whatsoever. The original classification of homosexuality as a disorder in the DSM was based on whim... nothing more. No studies. No research. Nothing.


I wish My younger brother had received effective counseling. He might be alive today.
Am I anti gay? I was brought up to hate the sin not the sinner. Yes I hate the sin.

Well at least you've exposed the truth here. A 'sin' is much different from a disease.

Which is it? Sin? Or illness?

Adultery is not an illness. Worshiping false gods is not an illness. Working on the Sabbath is not an illness. Envy, pride and greed are not illnesses. Those are sins.

Homosexuality: sin or illness? How do you 'undergo treatment' to cure sin?

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Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago and they fear when anyone undergoes treatment because it threatens their their paradigms and hurt recruitment.


I wish My younger brother had received effective counseling. He might be alive today.
Am I anti gay? I was brought up to hate the sin not the sinner. Yes I hate the sin.

Same with me and bigots. Hate the sin, attempt not tohate the sinner.

And "hurt recruitment"? You honestly think gay people go recruiting? I that's how you think sexuality works, please feel free to share the tale of how you were "recruited" to heterosexuality. Alternatively, you could explain how I knew I was attracted to women before I even knew what being gay meant.

I don't care about "recruitment", I care about desperate people reaching out for therapy that has been proven not to work, and has additionally been proven to cause mental health difficulties and suicidal ideations in those who undergo it. It's ridiculous. The health and well-being of your felow man should come before dated, small minded ideology.
 
Why the **** is he 23 and still a "pre-med student." **** or get off the pot, son.
 
My opinion is that the guy is 23 years old, so if he wants to undergo therapy to 'cure' himself of homosexuality, go right ahead. I don't agree with the activist's opinion, that the family is forcing him to go (and if they are, he has the option to simply say "no").

Agreed.

However, I think it's ridiculous that organizations like Exodus International are free to operate with that agenda.

You think it is ridiculous that an organization can exist and operate in America, that attempts to help people change their sexual behavior if that is what they want, in the USA? That's an extreme viewpoint.


Turnabout is fair play - if some backwards group can operate freely in the US with the goal of 'curing' someone of homosexuality, I see no problem with educating children about homosexuality and acceptance in a public school system.

Hold on buddy, mind your own business and leave my kid alone. I, his father, will teach him about sexuality and sexual morality, you keep out of it. You're using two unrelated examples because the former is voluntary, and the second really isn't. (If you can't afford private school and have to work full time, public school is almost unavoidable.)
 
Gay people for years have used a false scientific study that claimed homosexuality was something your are born with in your genes. That has been proven false a long time ago
Back up your claims. This is standard operating procedure.

and they fear when anyone undergoes treatment because it threatens their their paradigms and hurt recruitment.
Recruitment? Do you think homosexuals are a cult?
 
For all we know, he might have just finished four years active duty in the Military, or in the Peace Corps, and didn't start college until he was 22. Unless the full story says (I didn't read it)...
 
'Missing' Man Sought by Gay Pal Is Willingly Undergoing Counseling, Family Says - Local News | News Articles | National News | US News - FOXNews.com

My opinion is that the guy is 23 years old, so if he wants to undergo therapy to 'cure' himself of homosexuality, go right ahead. I don't agree with the activist's opinion, that the family is forcing him to go (and if they are, he has the option to simply say "no"). However, I think it's ridiculous that organizations like Exodus International are free to operate with that agenda. Turnabout is fair play - if some backwards group can operate freely in the US with the goal of 'curing' someone of homosexuality, I see no problem with educating children about homosexuality and acceptance in a public school system.
I am sorry, but how does the existence of a lunatic fringe group justify teaching children about homosexuality? I can see teaching them about all the various religions out there, but not what you suggest
 
And "hurt recruitment"? You honestly think gay people go recruiting? I that's how you think sexuality works, please feel free to share the tale of how you were "recruited" to heterosexuality.

Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I was offered an enlistment bonus.

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When was that proven false?

It hasn't been.

Everyone knows that homosexuality is a genetic defect, just certain people don't want to admit it.

The interesting part is that if they ever make an effective pre-natal test for that gay gene you asser exists, then the left will finally find an abortion excuse they will want banned. They'd say it's completely immoral to abort gay babies.
 
It hasn't been.

Everyone knows that homosexuality is a genetic defect, just certain people don't want to admit it.

The interesting part is that if they ever make an effective pre-natal test for that gay gene you asser exists, then the left will finally find an abortion excuse they will want banned. They'd say it's completely immoral to abort gay babies.


Holey Crap... I hate to admit it but he's got a point there...
 
You think it is ridiculous that an organization can exist and operate in America, that attempts to help people change their sexual behavior if that is what they want, in the USA? That's an extreme viewpoint.


Of course people can choose to alter their sexual behavior. Anytime they want to.

Behaviors are choices.

What they may not be able to control is their sexual preferences, since, as one post suggested, homosexuality may be genetic in origin, or some form of defective response to early developmental environmental issues.

Choice? Extremely unlikely.

Hold on buddy, mind your own business and leave my kid alone. I, his father, will teach him about sexuality and sexual morality, you keep out of it. You're using two unrelated examples because the former is voluntary, and the second really isn't. (If you can't afford private school and have to work full time, public school is almost unavoidable.)

Sounds eminently reasonable.
 
Not really, I work for UT, and between UTSA and UTHSCSA I see Pre-med students as old as 30... so no, he really hasn't a point.
Yes, and I'm sure that there is an abundance of 30 year old pre-med students.
 
It hasn't been.

Everyone knows that homosexuality is a genetic defect, just certain people don't want to admit it.

Is There a "Gay Gene"?

Many laymen now believe that homosexuality is part of who a person really is * from the moment of conception.

The "genetic and unchangeable" theory has been actively promoted by gay activists and the popular media. Is homosexuality really an inborn and normal variant of human nature?

No. There is no evidence that shows that homosexuality is simply "genetic." And none of the research claims there is. Only the press and certain researchers do, when speaking in sound bites to the public.

...

"Gay gene" researcher Dean Hamer was asked by Scientific American if homosexuality was rooted solely in biology. He replied:

"Absolutely not. From twin studies, we already know that half or more of the variability in sexual orientation is not inherited. Our studies try to pinpoint the genetic factors...not negate the psychosocial factors."

But in qualifying their findings, researchers often use language that will surely evade general understanding making statements that will continue to be avoided by the popular press, such as:

...the question of the appropriate significance level to apply to a non-Mendelian trait such as sexual orientation is problematic.

Sounds too complex to bother translating? This is actually a very important statement. In layman's terms, this means:

It is not possible to know what the findings mean--if anything--since sexual orientation cannot possibly be inherited in the direct way eyecolor is.
 
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