December 21, 2012

Chuck LiMandri is the lawyer representing Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing against the lawsuit filed against them by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Mr. LiMandri recently debated a gay journalist who supports the action by the SPLC. The gay journalist claimed he was born a homosexual and efforts to change homosexuality were quackery. LiMandri pointed out that even gay organizations admit homosexuality is not innate and that sexuality is fluid. LiMandri also charged that the SPLC lawsuit was purely political because people who change their sexual orientation undermine the foundational precepts of the gay rights movement. The link to the video of the interview is here.

December 21, 2012

Excerpt from the Liberty Counsel: “San Francisco, CA – Today, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the California ban on change therapy (SB 1172) from going into effect when it granted an injunction pending the appeal in Pickup v. Brown. The law was scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2013, and would have banned any counseling to minors seeking to diminish or eliminate unwanted same-sex sexual attractions, behavior or identity.”

… “’Without this emergency injunction, the State of California would essentially barge into the private therapy rooms of victimized young people and tell them that their confusion caused by the likes of a Jerry Sandusky abuser is normal and they should pursue their unwanted same-sex sexual attractions and behavior,’ Staver continued.”

December 19, 2013

Reprint of FCDF–NEWS UPDATE For Tuesday, January 29, 2013: The new religious liberty lawsuit in which FCDF is representing Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH) is beginning to heat up and get considerable publicity. This is the lawsuit in which the extremist Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is seeking to prevent people with unwanted same-sex attractions from getting the help they voluntarily seek. Please see the latest television interview on this important case. (more…)

December 19, 2012

Excerpt from the Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH): “December 19, 2012 — The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund (FCDF) announced today that it has accepted the role of lead defense counsel for Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing(JONAH) in a precedent-setting lawsuit. FCDF is a national public interest law firm that represents people whose freedom of conscience has come under attack. JONAH is a faith-based, nonprofit organization that offers assistance to men and women seeking to resolve their sexual conflicts, including unwanted same sex attractions. JONAH has been unjustly sued by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) who claims that homosexuality is permanently fixed and that people cannot be helped in overcoming their unwanted same-sex attractions. …”

December 13, 2013

Ex-gay and reparative therapist David Pickup was interviewed by Jenifer London on a SOCAL CONNECTED video. London pointed out that reparative therapists are at odds with the broader psychological community. The video also featured Dr. Terry Gock, a past president of the APA Society for Study of LGBT Issues. Another ex-gay in the video is Aaron Bitzer. He testified that reparative therapy desexualized his attractions for men. He believes the lack of a close relationship with his father is at the root of his same-sex attractions. He said he is still attracted to some men, but the attraction is to get to know them as men and not to have sex with them. Before his reparative therapy his attraction to men was sexual.

December 12, 2012

Excerpt from Dr. Julie Hamilton’s statement on the NARTH website: “… Here is a summary of the information that was edited out of the recent daytime talk show: 1. What is this therapy and how does it work? First, we know from the research that people are not simply born homosexual. Researchers on both sides of the debate have acknowledged that, as does the American Psychological Association. It seems clear that homosexuality is a complex combination of nurture and nature. It is also clear that homosexual attractions are NOT a choice. While there are many options for help available, NARTH represents licensed, ethical therapists who practice mainstream approaches to therapy in their offices.”

December 6, 2012

NARTH has made the video of Matt Staver’s address to the 2012 NARTH Conference available on their website. Matt Staver, J.D. is the chairman of Liberty Counsel defending NARTH therapists’ right to help those with unwanted same-sex attractions and the right of those with unwanted same-sex attractions to get professional help to change those attractions. The video can be linked here.

November 30, 2012

On November 28, 2012 Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the Dr. Oz Show, let ex-gays Christopher Doyle and Rich Wyler along with NARTH leader Dr. Julie Hamilton present the case for sexual orientation change efforts. Gay representatives on the show argued against sexual orientation change efforts. Dr. Oz stated he wanted to bring the debate out in public. Not surprisingly gay organizations GLAAD, GLSEN and PFLAG issued a joint statement condemning the episode. MSNBC’s story covering the gay organizations fury can be linked here. Segments of the show can be linked here.

December 4, 2012

Excerpts from the article on World Net Daily: “A judge in California has granted a preliminary injunction preventing enforcement of California’s newest promotion of homosexuality: a proposed ban on any counseling involving sexual orientation change for minors. … U.S. District Judge William Shubb wrote in his opinion. ‘Because plaintiffs have also shown that they are likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of an injunction, that the balance of equities tips in their favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest, the court grants plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction.’”

December 1, 2012

Excerpts from Matt Barber’s editorial on the World Net Daily website: “In recent months, ‘progressive’ lawmakers, activist attorneys and militant homosexual pressure groups have launched a fierce campaign to ban therapeutic help for child victims of monsters like homosexual pedophile Jerry Sandusky. California has already passed such a law (SB 1172). … The Archives of Sexual Behavior determined in a 2001 study that nearly half of all ‘gay’-identified men were molested by a homosexual pedophile … Under Sandusky Laws, if children begin to experience sexual confusion – such as unwanted same-sex attractions stemming from sexual abuse, trauma or any other factor – these bans force, under penalty of law, parents and therapists to tell the children that they are now ‘gay’ or ‘transgender’ and must live with it – even if they don’t wish to live with it and are otherwise recovering from the abuse-caused sexual confusion.”