Comments on: Exodus Study Finds Some Change, Little Harm http://www.bloggernews.net/110241 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Warren Throckmorton http://www.bloggernews.net/110241#comment-90504 Warren Throckmorton Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:10:08 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110241#comment-90504 Bogus Study - When researchers who favor various gay civil rights initiatives publish a study, do you also take them to task for their views? You have not responded to a single aspect of the study. What you insinuate is highly offensive without one shread of evidence. Bogus Study - When researchers who favor various gay civil rights initiatives publish a study, do you also take them to task for their views?

You have not responded to a single aspect of the study. What you insinuate is highly offensive without one shread of evidence.

]]> By: BOGUS STUDY http://www.bloggernews.net/110241#comment-90421 BOGUS STUDY Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:11:25 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/110241#comment-90421 If sexuality can be changed, then can you also turn straight people gay? I don't think Warren Throckmorton is in any more of a position than the researchers to deliver an unbiased comment on this topic. Below you will see quotes form Throckmorton about his extremely biased views on homosexuality and inability to separate his religious, political and psychological views. If he is a psychologist he writes an enormous amount of articles pertaining to gay marriage, why is that? Furthermore if you read below his quotes you will see why the researchers would have a difficult time reaching an unbiased conclusion. QUOTES FROM WARREN THROCKMORTON What then will be the strategy of gay political groups? The courts will be tied up with this matter in the near term. And in the court of popular opinion, we can expect a prolonged media effort and much rhetoric from such groups and a sympathetic press about the crux of the issue being one of civil rights for the class of people known as homosexual. More emphasis than ever will be focused on studies that purport to demonstrate a genetic determination for sexual attraction, thus leading to claims of discrimination directed at this group. Expect protracted legal, media and legislative battles. A generation of children will grow up with this issue. When it's all over, if traditional marriage finally prevails, I expect we will look back and say the election of 2004 was a turning point in the effort to maintain marriage as a union of one man and one woman. Throckmorton, Warren. “Whats next in the arena of Same Sex Marriage?:” Morning Call. 5 December 2004. Personally, I am not buying this at all. I know a lot of social conservatives. I am a social conservative. I am also a guy.…. Social conservatives are generally pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and take their religion as being pretty important in helping to frame their world view…… If the senator wants to win the social conservative guy vote, he needs to do a few things. First, he needs to drop his pledge to appoint only pro-choice justices to the federal bench. Second, he should indicate that his public policy on abortion will be consistent with his Catholic faith. Third, he needs to support legal protection for traditional marriage. And I am sure there are a few more. Throckmorton, Warren. “Hunting the guy vote” The Washington Times. 31 October 2004. - The research was funded by Exodus international and the participants were paid by Exodus international as well. - Mark Yarhouse is a Professor at Regent University which was founded by Pat Robertson who is also the President. Marks sexual identity institute is funded by Regent University. -It is highly unlikely that both researchers would jeopardize their relationships with Regent, NARTH, or Exodus. Nor would they allow the findings of their study contradict years of claims made by themselves and others. If sexuality can be changed, then can you also turn straight people gay?

I don’t think Warren Throckmorton is in any more of a position than the researchers to deliver an unbiased comment on this topic. Below you will see quotes form Throckmorton about his extremely biased views on homosexuality
and inability to separate his religious, political and psychological views. If he is a psychologist he writes an enormous amount of articles pertaining to gay marriage, why is that?
Furthermore if you read below his quotes you will see why the researchers would have a difficult time reaching an unbiased conclusion.

QUOTES FROM WARREN THROCKMORTON
What then will be the strategy of gay political groups?

The courts will be tied up with this matter in the near term. And in the court of popular opinion, we can expect a prolonged media effort and much rhetoric from such groups and a sympathetic press about the crux of the issue being one of civil rights for the class of people known as homosexual. More emphasis than ever will be focused on studies that purport to demonstrate a genetic determination for sexual attraction, thus leading to claims of discrimination directed at this group.

Expect protracted legal, media and legislative battles. A generation of children will grow up with this issue. When it’s all over, if traditional marriage finally prevails, I expect we will look back and say the election of 2004 was a turning point in the effort to maintain marriage as a union of one man and one woman.
Throckmorton, Warren. “Whats next in the arena of Same Sex Marriage?:” Morning Call. 5 December 2004.

Personally, I am not buying this at all. I know a lot of social conservatives. I am a social conservative. I am also a guy.….

Social conservatives are generally pro-life, pro-traditional marriage and take their religion as being pretty important in helping to frame their world view……

If the senator wants to win the social conservative guy vote, he needs to do a few things. First, he needs to drop his pledge to appoint only pro-choice justices to the federal bench. Second, he should indicate that his public policy on abortion will be consistent with his Catholic faith. Third, he needs to support legal protection for traditional marriage. And I am sure there are a few more.
Throckmorton, Warren. “Hunting the guy vote” The Washington Times. 31 October 2004.

- The research was funded by Exodus international and the participants were paid by Exodus international as well.
- Mark Yarhouse is a Professor at Regent University which was founded by Pat Robertson who is also the President. Marks sexual identity institute is funded by Regent University.
-It is highly unlikely that both researchers would jeopardize their relationships with Regent, NARTH, or Exodus. Nor would they allow the findings of their study contradict years of claims made by themselves and others.

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