Attractions vs. actions: homosexuality and God’s story
November 13, 2013 ( BreakPoint ) - Armed with good intentions, individuals, organizations and outreaches have dedicated themselves to treating homosexuality, often by promising to turn homosexuals “straight.” In other words, “cure” them of their orientation. While many ex-gay success stories exist, not all of them include a change of orientation. The attractions often remain, and not for a lack of trying to lose them. Gay activists make much of allegedly "cured" individuals who relapse into homosexual lifestyles, and use these stories to strengthen their narrative: “We didn’t choose to be gay,” so many insist. “We’re born this way, and no amount of ‘reparative therapy’ can change that.” But it’s the argument within that argument that’s the most problematic: that unchanged dispositions automatically justify acting on those dispositions. For most Americans , this one-to-one correlation between same-sex inclinations and same-sex relations has stuck, which explains the ...