Head of lead 'ex-gay' group admits you can't change your sexual orientation

Why has the media fallen for this the past 12+ years? We've seen these phonies on the cover of Newsweek, all over the networks, and even Oprah's network covered them last night with the provocative title "Pray away the gay?" The answer is: No you can't. And even the head of the lead "ex-gay" group admits that even he couldn't change his sexual orientation.

Then why does the media keep "debating" this topic in the news? Why do the religious right groups keep claiming that you can cure homosexuality? Because it furthers their hateful, bigoted political agenda.

If they simply argued that you can try to be celibate, we'd all agree - yes, you can try to be celibate. And you'd probably be as successful as a Catholic priest. But celibacy isn't exactly a winning issue when you're trying to stop gays from getting their civil rights. The notion that gays can "change," however, and that their gayness is simply a "choice," now that's a home run if you're trying to take away the civil rights of a group of millions of Americans.

I'm just still amazed that these "ex-gay" groups have been admitting, for at least ten years that I've been following them, that they are not "ex-gay," and they can't cure you from being gay. Yet the religious right hate groups continue to lie about it, and the media continues to cover the story like it's not quite yet decided.

When the guy running the lead group on the far right agrees with the gays that you can't change your sexual orientation, then the issue is decided. Enough already.

Speaking of which, then why did Apple just permit the "ex-gays" to have their very own iPhone app, targeted in part at children, to help spread this lie? And Apple put no age restrictions at all on the app - though, let's be honest, Apple won't even permit racist and anti-Semitic apps (nor should they), so it's not as if an "age limit" would really fix the problem here. What's at issue is why Apple has a double standard for its own non-discrimination policies - why their gay protections just aren't as stringent as their protections for other minorities.