Another one bites the carpet.A propos of this issue's theme: in a moment reminiscent of Tom Cruise's sofa jump on Oprah--no, far, far stranger--ex-gay guru Richard Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. appeared opposite Wayne Besen Wayne Besen is a gay rights advocate in the United States. He is a former spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign. Besen, a gay man, was never personally involved in the ex-gay movement, but says he has interviewed hundreds of former and current ex-gays. on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and strutted his stuff. To show how he fights off those lingering homosexual urges, he gyrated, he thrashed inanimate objects, he made animal sounds. As Bob Roehr put it in his column, "Words cannot describe how hysterically bizarre the segment was." So astonishing was Cohen's performance that the organization he was shilling for, the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH NARTH National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality ), quickly broke off all ties with Cohen and purged all references to him from their website. Thus we'll never know whether NARTH was upset because Cohen's behavior was so weird or because it hit too close to home. |
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