Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

they are good at dishing out tripe pete.

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

I wonder if the power of healing extends as far as curing bigoted idiots....

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7444565.stm Peter Robinson comes to her defence :rolleyes:

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

The age old cry of the oppressor, "I'm defending the word of god", another example, if we need it, to show these manic religious nuts should have no place in power, hopefully the electorate will remember her comments next time shes up for re-election.

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I wonder what a government minister responsible for faith matters would have to say on this matter as some want in another thread. This woman whatever your personal view of her is expressing views that she and a lot of other people in many faiths have so can she really be condemned. It is this sort of thing for me that is the perfect example of not mixing politics and religion, though it could be said religion and politics are more closely linked then some of us think as one is based on fairy tales and the other based on telling fairy tales to the electorate.

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

interesting...that means all straights can also be healed of their straightness....works both ways...'

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As you say Rizzy a perfect example of why politics and religion should be kept apart, if this woman can't separate real life from her, imo, bigoted beliefs she should stand down. It always strikes me as odd that these fringe nutters get so worked up about sex, from what I remember and have been told the Bible doesn't spend a lot of time or effort banging on about gay sex, it appears to be a subject all extreme religious headbangers are infatuated with....I wonder why.?

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

Hubby has come to the rescue...

http://www.irishnews.com/webimages/20080611/ianknox.jpg

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

Religion isn't just a passing interest, like football or fashion. It is something which engulfs your life, it is your reason d'etre. It also forms the basis of your moral code and how you see the world.

I'm not sticking up for her or saying I agree with her views but saying religion and politics should be kept apart is pointless and impractical. The only way to do so would be to ensure no politicians practises any religious belief. Whereas I'm that would be wonderful to some of you, just think how unfair it would be on the millions of people who have faith in their lives, having no-one at all in the government to represent us.

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

Heterophobia is a much deeper rooted illness then homophobia.

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

erm, I have no fear, aversion, or practice discrimination against or of straights (nor does anyone I know)



or gays



or bi's (mind you, they're just greedy)

May I ask you to elaborate on your proposition?

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

Well thats as maybe, however I believe you would be a very rare case if thats your sexuality as in my personal experience I have not met any that dont suffer the illness of heterophobia, however you could also simply be living in denial.

Re: Gays can healed through counselling
 

I think you need to explain a little more about what you mean by that comment??

- do you mean gay people who are scared/find difficulty dealing with 'straights' , for example??

Just as a general comment on the thread title, did anyone think to ask whether any gay people actually wanted to be 'cured' ?

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Just for the public record, the Government relied on this bunch of medievalist clowns to get their damn 'terror' bill through tonight. They'd rather work with the DUP than their own left-wing, which tells you all you need to know about where Labour sits in today's political spectrum.

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The only simple way to answer this is you should not look at the illness' themselves as such but the sources and compare those as its there that the key differences lie.