Conversation therapy ban-------We are born Gay

@amadeo (111938)
United States
May 18, 2018 12:01pm CST
I am not sure who comes up with this. here in NH this does more harm to the minor mental health. This bill failed. People who are gay are gay.You cannot make them straight. This is so stupid and the people who does this are more stupid. Trying to get the young gay people straight.Come on get a life. We are born gay and that is it. I am glad New Hampshire along with others ban. People need to get over it.If your kid is gay.This is not the treatment for him. what they need is your love there Conversation therapy is BS. Please no back lash on this.Thank you.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 May 18
I will never understand thinking they can change who people are. I once attended a church and when I found out that there was a young man who was gay who attended the church and they were counselling him to make him straight I was furious. It was the most ridiculous thing I ever heard. I never went back to that church.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@Happy2BeMe yes and thank you for this.
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@db20747 (43440)
• Washington, District Of Columbia
18 May 18
Isn't church a place to try to do that??!!
@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
18 May 18
@db20747 I don't think so. Who are they to judge others? As Christians you are not suppose to judge others.
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@Paradon (2063)
• Pattaya, Thailand
19 May 18
I love the question, "How old were you when you decided to be gay?" I always answer with "How old were you when you decided to be straight?"
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
you do not decided to be gay.I was born gay and came out.I was never straight.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
19 May 18
We should give gay people respect. You have a point here.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
19 May 18
@amadeo You're welcome.
@caopaopao (12395)
• China
19 May 18
@lnillerman I'm just like you, my dear friend.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@caopaopao yes thank you.
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@Juliaacv (51019)
• Canada
19 May 18
Like I've always said, live and let live. We're nobody to question anyone on this topic, that's very private and should remain so. I don't say hide it, but don't try to council anyone on it either.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@Juliaacv It depend who the person is.Not council by to help him or her
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
18 May 18
I am very glad that bill failed. Stuff like that makes me so angry. I suspect that one of our kids is gay, or else figuring out that sort of thing. Nothing has been overtly said yet, just little things that I'm noticing here and there. I'm not worried about it either way and am not making a big deal of it. I know she also joined the Rainbow Club at her school (which is a Gay-Straight Alliance club), so she'll have peer support too.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@spiderdust that is wonderful to hear.So glad that they have program like this.I wish her luck there.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
19 May 18
My brother is gay too and our father was not as welcoming before but now, he just wants to see my brother often.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@mighen that is so wonderful.I love this kind of story.Thank you for sharing this.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
19 May 18
@amadeo Thank you too, Alfredo. I appreciate that and it means a lot to me. It is always pleasure.
@maximax8 (31046)
• United Kingdom
18 May 18
You can't change who you were born. Yes, some people are indeed born gay and it is impossible to make them straight. In 2005 I visited The Maldives and read all people born in that country must be Muslim. I noticed that on the island the staff were workers from other countries. People need to need to accept a gay person. The person is normal yet isn't straight. Wouldn't it be boring if everyone looked the same. Conversation therapy won't make a guy person straight. Someone scared of a spider might learn to tolerate it you see.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@maximax8 thank you for the comment.Nice to meet you
@snowy22315 (180908)
• United States
19 May 18
A leopard can't change it's spots..and a person can't change from gay to straight. I think accpetance is key.
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@LadyDuck (471493)
• Switzerland
19 May 18
You are so right Alfredo, some people are tall, some are short, some are blond, some are dark, some are gay and some are straight, it is so stupid to want to change this.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
18 May 18
Do you mean conversion therapy?? Interestingly, it isn't yet illegal here in the UK. However, it is considered unethical and isn't offered by the NHS or the professional body of psychologists as a therapy. Anybody practising it can be struck off as a professional. You are right. It's a horrible practice. We are who we are. We - and everybody around us - should accept people for what they are ... people.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@Popplicious thank you.Yes I mean conversion therapy
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
18 May 18
Hey' that's their life, we are in control of our own life. I hate it when people meddling with other lives.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@JustBhem yes hands off .LOL
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
19 May 18
@amadeo I like gay people. They make my day.
@Daelii (5619)
• United States
18 May 18
People are animals and there are over 500 animal species that have shown to have gay couples. Its nature, its natural.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@DaeIiI yes t his I know very much.Thank you
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• Northampton, England
19 May 18
Its an expression of homophobic hate
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@thedevilinme.How do you feel about ti
• Northampton, England
19 May 18
@amadeo I think the conversation nut cases are just expressing hate in a different way
• New Delhi, India
19 May 18
Absolutely you cannot make them straight.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@Swayamsiddhha that is for sure.Thank you.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@Swayamsiddha thank you
• New Delhi, India
19 May 18
@amadeo I will always support.
@popciclecold (38840)
• United States
19 May 18
To each his own. My client is White, and the thought of people mixing in marriage just makes her sick, I mean sick It's funny to me, I tell her all the time to each his own.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@popcicIecold yes to each his own.
@Meramar (2695)
19 May 18
Who am I to change you!? As I don't like neither when someone tries to change me. Life should be based on respect. A person who cannot deal with it may be because this one is unhappy with his or her own life.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@Meramar thank you for sharing this with me and us here.
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@kritis (628)
• India
19 May 18
It's a natural phenomena I say...it's not a disease or something infections..so what the need of therapy and all...and what people doing is ruining there young ones life by taking all these therapies and make them feel bad about themselves..apart from this parents should except there child for who they are and try to understand that its a natural thing and give there child the love and respect they deserve.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@kritis thank you and well said.
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@dya80dya (36657)
19 May 18
I agree with you. Conversation therapy will not change anything.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
19 May 18
@dya80dya yes it will not.
@porwest (91092)
• United States
25 May 18
Of course I have an opinion on this. But I am also a rationale person, and so even though I HAVE that opinion, I am not a psychiatrist nor a doctor nor a genetecis, or whatever vocation may give me more insight into what is actually going on with this lifestyle choice. At the end of the day I am generally of the mind that if it does not affect me personally, let people choose to live however they want.
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
25 May 18
Thank you Jim.very understanding.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
18 May 18
Yes I totally agree with you.. Nice new profile pic.!
@amadeo (111938)
• United States
18 May 18
@Jessabuma thank you
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
19 May 18
@amadeo you're always welcome