The Father’s Heart on Homosexuality: Building Bridges and Sharing God’s Love with the Lgbtqia+ Community by Walter L. Smith III
IN ENGLISH..
"The APA claimed that they made the change because new research showed that most homosexual people were content with their sexual orientation and that, as a group, they appeared to be as well-adjusted as heterosexual people. I suggest, however, that these research findings were simply the APA's face-saver. For centuries, perhaps millennia, homosexual people had clung to their sexual orientation despite the most severe persecution and vilification, including imprisonment and death. Wouldn't this suggest that they were happy with their orientation? Do we need research to confirm this? And, if we do, shouldn't we also need research to confirm that heterosexual people are happy with their orientation? And if poor adjustment is critical to a diagnosis of mental illness, where was the evidence of this that justified making homosexuality a mental illness in the first place? Also, quite noteworthy was the fact that the vote of the membership was by no means unanimous. Only about 55% of the members who voted favored the change. Of course, the APA put the best spin they could on these events. The fact is that they altered their taxonomy because of intense pressure from the gay community. But they claimed that the change was prompted by research findings. So all the people who had this terrible "illness" were "cured" overnight—and by a vote! The overall point is that the APA's taxonomy is nothing more than slanted opinion based upon peer pressure and what many would call fake science."
IN SPANISH..
"La APA afirmó que hicieron el cambio porque una nueva investigación mostró que la mayoría de las personas homosexuales estaban contentas con su orientación sexual y que, como grupo, parecían estar tan bien adaptadas como las personas heterosexuales. Sugiero, sin embargo, que estos hallazgos de la investigación fueron simplemente un salvavidas de la APA. Durante siglos, quizás milenios, las personas homosexuales se habían aferrado a su orientación sexual a pesar de la persecución y el vilipendio más severos, incluido el encarcelamiento y la muerte. ¿No sugeriría esto que estaban contentos con su orientación? ¿Necesitamos investigación para confirmar esto? Y, si lo hacemos, ¿no deberíamos también necesitar investigación para confirmar que las personas heterosexuales están contentas con su orientación? Y si la mala adaptación es crítica para un diagnóstico de enfermedad mental, ¿dónde estaba la evidencia de esto que justificaba hacer de la homosexualidad una enfermedad mental en primer lugar? También, bastante digno de mención fue el hecho de que el voto de los miembros no fue unánime. Solo alrededor del 55% de los miembros que votaron a favor del cambio. Por supuesto, la APA dio el mejor giro que pudo a estos eventos. El hecho es que alteraron su taxonomía debido a la intensa presión de la comunidad gay. Pero afirmaron que el cambio fue provocado por los hallazgos de la investigación. Así que todas las personas que tenían esta terrible "enfermedad" fueron "curadas" de la noche a la mañana, ¡y por votación! El punto general es que la taxonomía de la APA no es más que una opinión sesgada basada en la presión de los compañeros y lo que muchos llamarían ciencia falsa".
— The Father's Heart on Homosexuality: Building Bridges and Sharing God's Love with the Lgbtqia+ Community by Walter L. Smith III
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