Home About Us Events Resources PFLAG National Library Contact Us Press		PFLAG not only option available When I learned that one of my children was involved in homosexuality, I too searched for answers so I could deal with it correctly. I didn't want to disown my child or be an angry irrational parent, saying things I would forever regret. I thought PFLAG was a safe start on my educational journey because they met at a church. Yet, PFLAG supports the false (albeit politically correct) idea that people are "born gay," and parents just need to accept and embrace it. Something told me this wasn't the whole truth, so I continued my research. What I did find was truth. For example, in 1973 the (American Psychological Association) took homosexuality out of its (Diagnostic and Statistical Manuel) manual due to strong-arm tactics of gay activism - not because good scientific research found any "gay gene." This is clearly documented and available information. For an excellent resource to learn more about what good versus bad science is showing, go to www.narth.com (Web site for the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality). For understanding how environment (i.e. family and life experiences) can affect a person's gender identity, so those areas of life can be addressed for healing of gender identity problems, go to www.exodus.to, or attend any number of Exodus (or similar) support groups who handle this issue from a loving, honest, healing perspective. You don't have to be gay if you don't want to. It's time that message gets spoken loud and clear. Shame on us if we push lies on innocent lives just to support a politicized agenda that is not political at all but relational. Thankfully, there are truthful answers available where love and acceptance are not compromised one iota. PFLAG doesn't tell the truth about homosexuality Your article about PFLAG did not give the public what they need to know. I too had a family member involved in homosexuality, which caused me to search for answers. So I attended a PFLAG meeting seeking information about homosexuality. I found that PFLAG is not interested in giving options to help homosexuals. PFLAG is a homosexual advocacy group intolerant of views of homosexuality not their own. Believing the lie that homosexuals are "born that way," the only solace they offer to parents is "your kids are gay and that's OK." I was not happy with this one-sided presentation. I found what PFLAG hides; that homosexual persons are not "born that way," that the actual causes of male and female gender identify confusion are psychological and well-documented, that homosexual sex is a form of sexual addiction that can be overcome, that thousands of homosexuals are leaving the "gay life style," that many ex-homosexuals even get married and have children, and that the gay lifestyle is really not "gay." Homosexuals who escape the ravages of the diseases associated with their multi-partner lifestyle eventually become old and sexually undesirable. The survivors find a lonely, unfulfilled, existence with no hope. If you want the truth, stay away from PFLAG. Instead try www.PFOX.org (Parents and Friends of X-Gay and Gays), www.ExodusInternational.org , www.narth.com and www.LoveWonOut.com. I highly recommend that families struggling with homosexual issues attend one of Focus-on-the-Family's "Love Won Out" conferences to learn the truth - from ex-gays. Editor's note: There are, generally, two schools of thought regarding homosexuality - biological and psychological. There are research studies being conducted on both schools. So far, neither side has proven definitively why some people are more prone to homosexuality. However, in 1973, the American Psychological Association removed homosexuality from its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. This was done in response to the findings of a study by Karen Hooker to test for biological sources of homosexuality in 1954. This was done on a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. In 1975, the APA said homosexuality was not a mental disorder and by 1994, the group's official stance was that "homosexuality is neither a mental illness nor a moral depravity. It is the way a portion of the population expresses human love and sexuality." (AllPsych Journal, Ryan D. Johnson, April 30, 2003)