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[charliesmum]

Remember back in June there was the story about Zach, a boy who came out to his parents and they sent him to "Love in Action", brainwashing camp to un-gay him? There was a thing on CNN this morning (there's a television in the lobby of our building) about the 'camp'. It was interesting - they talked to one boy who went there and discovered his own faith, and realised he could reconcile being Christian with being gay. My favorite line was when they said he attended church with his boyfriend.

The other guy the interviewed felt it helped him and believes he has 'enough' of an attraction to women that he could marry and have kids, but if not celebacy is a option. Boy, his future wife has a life of passion to look forward to, dosen't she?

I checked Zach's blog, he doesn't seem to be back now, but there are something like 2,000 comments on it now.

I'm still trying to understand the parents of Zach. I can't imagine not loving my son enough to accept him for what he is, but I think they must just be really scared. They have their beliefs, and unfortunately they believe that their son is wrong, and they want him to be right. No parent wants their child to have a difficult life. Still, I'm sorry for them. No matter what happens, they've lost their son.

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[wolfma.livejournal.com]

Pshaw. It's religious hysteria, pure and simple. It's the same kind that lead to the burning of heritics.