Change?

Were there a magic shot to "cure" your homosexuality, would you take it? Or would you be like Halle Berry and storm in saying, there is no cure because we are not a disease?

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[marcelventer]

I would take it in a heartbeat! Firsty, even members of my own family holds my non-chosen homosexuality against me. Secondly, I would love to have children someday.

[Yudanashi]

@marcelventer You can't have children if you are Gay!?! so sad. Also it is really sad that your family holds it against you, perhaps in time they will come around.

[sleekcartim]

the director of (some? all?) the excellent X-Men movies is gay. i loved how the whole x-men thing has underlying gay theme! i wish gays kids had a school like in the movie, where they could instead learn / love their human powers, strengths etc... allowing a stronger community. There are gay schools out there, im sure it's helps, would love to hear from some kids who go to them. peace.

[Yudanashi]

Yeah I loved the scene in Xmen 2 when Bobby "came-out" to his parents and the reactions from the family were classic. thankfully there was no explosion after I came out lol.

[sleekcartim]

NO. i am what i am. bein gay has made me a stronger, more compassionate, accepting, loving person than i would have been(FOR REAL). Mormans actions towards gays makes me sick! gay kids beware, your parents can commit you against ur will to these aversion therapy places, where they will drug you heavily, all day, do shock therapy & worse much like what happens in Latter days the movie. im sorry u had to go thru that pain, morman gay kids have it rough ;( please see my channel...

[Yudanashi]

Sadly, yes the Mormon stance towards gays is disturbing, but it isn't all that different from many other religions, nor is it different for Gays as it is for other "sins." As for the commitment, yes sadly it can happen but without your consent, even underage, these "Alpine Clinics" will not give you shock therapy because of the fear of law suits. What happens in Latter Days is what was commonplace before, but since then it has become far less common, but still acceptable.

[maitriparamita]

OMG! Is electric shock aversion "therapy" really still available in the USA? I'm sure it was banned in Europe decades ago. Years ago left handed people could get "therapy" to become right-handed but they just ended up with bad handwriting. Michael Jackson appears to have attempted Color Therapy. There is no need for any of these therapies - people only try them because they have internalized society's hatred of minorities and so hate themselves.

[ShinobiBoi88]

Perhaps when I was younger, and hadn't thought it through, I would have taken it. Now, I'm secure with who I am. I know I'm not a pervert, or an abomination, as some would have me believe. I believe I am a child of God.. Would I try to change anything about me? No. I'm fine the way God made me.

[marcelventer]

You are super hot Yudanashi!

[tjport1980]

I once heard some one say 95% of all guys masterbate- the other 5% lie and say that they don't. My guess is that the electrical aversion therapy success rate is the same. Me change ? NO ! I grew up in a Homophobic home and tried to be straight. I only ended up making myself and others miserable. Be true to your self and just be who you are.

[arturocas90]

I thought the same thing when I saw X-Men 3...and yes...it made me wonder about that myself...don't have an answer yet.

[carbajac]

No, as hard as it's been and things might have been easier had I not been gay, I probably would still side with Storm. I'm not broken or diseased.

Always a fun question, I got all squirmy when Bobby "came out".

[rd1999]

What if there was a shot you could take to cure you of your Mormonism?

[netwatcher777]

Dave, you do a good job of taking swings at straw men. Society has an evolving understanding of homosexuality, as does the LDS Church. The gay Mormon element is stuck in a warp zone of outdated arguments with the ghosts of Christmas past, recycling grievances about aversion therapy and "The Miracle of Forgiveness." I would urge you to thoughtfully engage dialogically with those who are honest about their attraction to the same gender AND who are also committed to living the gospel joyfully.