According to completely unqualified psycho-nuts, maybe. This little weazel, Richard Cohen has blood on his filthy hands. May it come back to haunt him and his hetro-insane family.
@witchwild You are full of accusations and hostility. But Cohen is never challenged on his statement, "People don't grow up desiring to be gay." If that's true, there is no reason to change from hetero to gay.
You don't realize what YOU are saying. You're tell us that humans CANNOT control their sexual appetite. Oprah Winfrey has made a fortune by claiming people can do anything they put their mind to. The Oprah/Maddow/Permissive Culture is SO confused.
@fdzwes Cohen will not get challenged on that statement, because people do indeed not grow up desiring to be gay. But neither do actual gay people. But think about this, turn it around. That's not because there's a possibility of change, it's cause of the abuse gay people have to go through every day. The way they are born makes their life harder.
@fdzwes Ask yourself this: if you say being gay can be changed, if it's a choice, then when did you decide to be straight? Did you decide to fall in love with your first girl/boyfriend? Or did it just happen to you, beyond your control? & what makes you acting on your infatuation back then any more right than gay people acting on theirs?
@HeartsAndRiots Gay is behavior. Behavior is ours to control. Ass hunts, for example, can change. People with little sexual appetite at all can change. There are few more wonderful experiences in life than to make a personal change that betters us and/or draws us closer to people we love. You may argue for people doing anything they feel like doing NOW, but you know that has limits. You know you judge some behavior objectionable. If people want to change, LET THEM!
@fdzwes There's a difference between changing as a person, or acting in a different way out of fear or social desire. It's not because people change their actions, that their feelings automatically change.
& the problem here isn't about that, but about the implications this will have for those who do NOT want to live a lie, but who will be forced by people around them who will think that there's a 'cure'. They will use this as evidence to hurt people, like in Uganda, or just break them mentally cause they won't have to try to understand them.
@HeartsAndRiots Look, this man claims these Homosexuals WANT to change. I cannot think of a meaner way to treat people than to question their motives. Living with such a person is unbearable. If a man wants to change, LET HIM!
Uganda is, of course, a total red herring Maddow inserts to generate ratings. Of course this little Cohen guy has absolutely nothing to do with Uganda. If you think otherwise, go write a book about ANY controversy and see what thug uses it and see how you feel.
@fdzwes And so she should. This is the actual LIFE of gay ppl at stake. She needs more than a hug. She needs to see sanity in the US, as do all rational minded ppl. In the UK the Conservative gov. are FOR gay marriage, FOR equality for gays. They are so civilized compared to America's 'con-servative' SICKOS.
So many people act as a counselor or psychotherapist but without any real training or credentials you might as well talk to your hairdresser, bartender, cab driver etc. Also people put their MA or PhD next to their names but we don't always know what they got their degree in (e.g. Dr Laura who lets people think she is a psychologist when she isn't).
I hope he's been demolished - this is horrible bullshit. Calling it a 'choice' just gives cause for idiots to continue persection. I think maybe the reason some gay men have had bad relationships with their dads is that the dads have been spooked by the sons 'difference' and reacted accordingly. Cohen is talking mega-crap.
FUCKING HATE THAT RETARD... Bisexuality is more common than people think... thus people who think they're gay, simply because they're also attracted to the same gender, are often attracted to both, and this guy, just chose to be homo-celibate, and hetero-active.
If this guy was trying to help people to come to terms with their sexuality then all would be well. But he seems, to me, that this guy is trying to pray on sexually confused people. And that is bad.
Just have to add.....He said that he was 'cured' of his homosexuality. Just because he has been married 27 years and has 3 kids.
Well....Good for him, but I really doubt he actually was homosexual, either that or he is suppressing his true thinking. And I would consider that a dangerous thing to do. He may be able to do this but not everyone will.
It would be better to simply admit that you are homosexual and live with it than push yourself into a different mould.
Deal with it rachael,GAYS CAN CHANGE !
marino2duper 7 months ago
@marino2duper "Gays can change"?????
According to completely unqualified psycho-nuts, maybe. This little weazel, Richard Cohen has blood on his filthy hands. May it come back to haunt him and his hetro-insane family.
witchwild 5 months ago
@witchwild @marino2duper Wow. Non-sexual hugs must hurt people with SSA like holy water on the demon possessed. Hold on there, Richard.
fdzwes 5 months ago
@marino2duper If gays can 'change' then hetro's can equally just....'change'. wave a wand & you're gay. wave another wand u're straight. Grow up.
That was a moronic comment.Don't parrot your forboding parents. Have a mind of your own. Read a book. Challenge your intellect.
witchwild 5 months ago
@witchwild You are full of accusations and hostility. But Cohen is never challenged on his statement, "People don't grow up desiring to be gay." If that's true, there is no reason to change from hetero to gay.
You don't realize what YOU are saying. You're tell us that humans CANNOT control their sexual appetite. Oprah Winfrey has made a fortune by claiming people can do anything they put their mind to. The Oprah/Maddow/Permissive Culture is SO confused.
fdzwes 5 months ago
@fdzwes Cohen will not get challenged on that statement, because people do indeed not grow up desiring to be gay. But neither do actual gay people. But think about this, turn it around. That's not because there's a possibility of change, it's cause of the abuse gay people have to go through every day. The way they are born makes their life harder.
HeartsAndRiots 4 months ago
@fdzwes Ask yourself this: if you say being gay can be changed, if it's a choice, then when did you decide to be straight? Did you decide to fall in love with your first girl/boyfriend? Or did it just happen to you, beyond your control? & what makes you acting on your infatuation back then any more right than gay people acting on theirs?
HeartsAndRiots 4 months ago
@HeartsAndRiots Gay is behavior. Behavior is ours to control. Ass hunts, for example, can change. People with little sexual appetite at all can change. There are few more wonderful experiences in life than to make a personal change that betters us and/or draws us closer to people we love. You may argue for people doing anything they feel like doing NOW, but you know that has limits. You know you judge some behavior objectionable. If people want to change, LET THEM!
fdzwes 4 months ago
@fdzwes There's a difference between changing as a person, or acting in a different way out of fear or social desire. It's not because people change their actions, that their feelings automatically change.
HeartsAndRiots 4 months ago
& the problem here isn't about that, but about the implications this will have for those who do NOT want to live a lie, but who will be forced by people around them who will think that there's a 'cure'. They will use this as evidence to hurt people, like in Uganda, or just break them mentally cause they won't have to try to understand them.
HeartsAndRiots 4 months ago
@HeartsAndRiots Look, this man claims these Homosexuals WANT to change. I cannot think of a meaner way to treat people than to question their motives. Living with such a person is unbearable. If a man wants to change, LET HIM!
Uganda is, of course, a total red herring Maddow inserts to generate ratings. Of course this little Cohen guy has absolutely nothing to do with Uganda. If you think otherwise, go write a book about ANY controversy and see what thug uses it and see how you feel.
fdzwes 4 months ago
" Healthy Man Love".....o-O guys lying to himself lol
TheODA2005 1 year ago
he almost said "three gay children"
freudian slip!
syn010110 1 year ago
Lying for Jesus.
eszettfromhell 1 year ago
this guy is a jerk! what a horrible book.
Saturn554 1 year ago
this guy is never an ex gay, he still gay
nogod65 1 year ago 2
Rachel is taking this so personally. Ouch. She needs a hug.
fdzwes 2 years ago
@fdzwes And so she should. This is the actual LIFE of gay ppl at stake. She needs more than a hug. She needs to see sanity in the US, as do all rational minded ppl. In the UK the Conservative gov. are FOR gay marriage, FOR equality for gays. They are so civilized compared to America's 'con-servative' SICKOS.
witchwild 5 months ago
@witchwild Yikes, suffering from SSA (Same Sex Attraction) must be very humiliating. Feel very bad for you people.
fdzwes 5 months ago
What a "dick."
rctfanatic 2 years ago 4
So many people act as a counselor or psychotherapist but without any real training or credentials you might as well talk to your hairdresser, bartender, cab driver etc. Also people put their MA or PhD next to their names but we don't always know what they got their degree in (e.g. Dr Laura who lets people think she is a psychologist when she isn't).
lohiau 2 years ago
He's an insane, self-loathing homosexual. These people seem to be particularly dangerous.
"That's not in there." "You're taking it out of context."
Can he lie more and more?
TheOtherSide100 2 years ago 2
I hope he's been demolished - this is horrible bullshit. Calling it a 'choice' just gives cause for idiots to continue persection. I think maybe the reason some gay men have had bad relationships with their dads is that the dads have been spooked by the sons 'difference' and reacted accordingly. Cohen is talking mega-crap.
AuntieDiluvian 2 years ago 2
' Dude ' Great.
wimscheers 2 years ago
He's a licensed fucktard!
RadarKat73080 2 years ago
FUCKING HATE THAT RETARD... Bisexuality is more common than people think... thus people who think they're gay, simply because they're also attracted to the same gender, are often attracted to both, and this guy, just chose to be homo-celibate, and hetero-active.
TheReasonWhyGuy 2 years ago
"I'm reading from your book Dude."
Lol.
Freshman000000 2 years ago 9
she wiped the floor with this asshat
mp9yq9tx 2 years ago 5
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mp9yq9tx 2 years ago
BACK-PEDALING FTW!
Wow....Talk about shooting yourself in the foot.
If this guy was trying to help people to come to terms with their sexuality then all would be well. But he seems, to me, that this guy is trying to pray on sexually confused people. And that is bad.
kalamain 2 years ago
Just have to add.....He said that he was 'cured' of his homosexuality. Just because he has been married 27 years and has 3 kids.
Well....Good for him, but I really doubt he actually was homosexual, either that or he is suppressing his true thinking. And I would consider that a dangerous thing to do. He may be able to do this but not everyone will.
It would be better to simply admit that you are homosexual and live with it than push yourself into a different mould.
kalamain 2 years ago