"Ex-gays" want your R-E-S-P-E-C-T.The members of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays aren't aren't Contraction of are not. See Usage Note at ain't. aren't are not aren't be asking you to change your sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. . They just want you to respect those who say they have, and they used a series of public service ads to get that message out. The poster-style ads, displayed at Metro stations For the band, see . A metro station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines they are multi-level. across Washington, D.C., in October, featured the face of a young man under the slogan A slogan is a memorable motto or phrase used in a political, commercial, religious and other context as a repetitive expression of an idea or purpose. Slogans vary from the written and the visual to the chanted and the vulgar. I CHOOSE TO CHANGE. "It may not be a choice you want to make, but you should know thousands of us already have," the ads read. "Please respect our choice." "We can respect the people without respecting their message," said Rhonda Buckner, executive director of the Metro D.C. chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, who said her group is planning its own ad campaign. "Their message is, We want our kids to change. Our message is, We're going to help keep your family together." |
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