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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:27 AM Jun 2014

Even Texas' GOP Chair Doesn't Believe In 'Reparative Therapy' For Gays

CATHERINE THOMPSON – JUNE 20, 2014, 11:16 AM EDT

Much hay has been made of the Texas GOP's recent endorsement of "reparative therapy" for gays, and now the chairman of the state party said he disagrees with that platform plank.

Chairman Steve Munisteri told Texas Public Radio on Thursday that he doesn't believe it's possible to convert an LGBT individual to a heterosexual by talking to them.

"And I just make the point for anybody that thinks that may be the possibility: Do they think they can take a straight person to a psychiatrist and turn them gay?” he said.

Munisteri also told Texas Public Radio that he's been inundated with phone calls and emails from fellow Republicans who oppose the party's endorsement of reparative therapy. A group of Republicans had used a tricky "parliamentary maneuver" to pass the plank into the platform at the convention, he said.

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Even Texas' GOP Chair Doesn't Believe In 'Reparative Therapy' For Gays (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2014 OP

He does have a point here, if you can change one from being gay by therapy then one can be changed Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #1

Another way to argue the same point,... DonViejo Jun 2014 #3

Yep! Well said! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #5

You could also inquire... DonViejo Jun 2014 #6

I just knew sitting on his lap had something to do with it all! RKP5637 Jun 2014 #7

LMAO!... DonViejo Jun 2014 #8

Actually, I bet he still does. He's just embarrassed that the belief has bullwinkle428 Jun 2014 #2

Thankfully someone has some brains! n/t RKP5637 Jun 2014 #4

Thinkingabout

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1. He does have a point here, if you can change one from being gay by therapy then one can be changed

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:31 AM

Jun 2014

to being gay by going in therapy. I plan to use this argument in the future. What I would like to know can therapy change those who are so hateful.

DonViejo

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3. Another way to argue the same point,...

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 20, 2014, 11:36 AM

Jun 2014

when someone starts the "they chose to be gay" nonsense; ask them when they chose to not be gay. Then take it one step further and ask them to name the date, time and place when they made the decision.