Ex-gay group expelled.When openly gay 16-year-old Zach Stark wrote in his Web log about his parents forcing him into an "ex-gay  This article or section may be confusing or unclear for some readers.Please [improve the article] or discuss this issue on the talk page. " program run by Love in Action earlier this year, he drew a lot of scrutiny to the group's Memphis facility. Now the state has ordered the program closed for providing health care without a license. "As a licensed medical professional myself, I was appalled to learn that Love in Action was holding itself out as a legitimate health care provider when in fact they are not," said Arnold Drake drake 1. male duck. 2. loliumtemulentum. , head of the Memphis chapter of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. "It is about time they are being held accountable." Love in Action is affiliated with Exodus International Exodus International is one of the major groups in the ex-gay movement. Exodus-affiliated ministries[1] provides support for those who want "freedom from homosexuality"[2]. and Focus on the Family, conservative groups who contend that gays are simply confused or mentally ill. "We hope this will serve as notice to other practitioners of this junk science Junk science is a term used in U.S. political and legal disputes that brands an advocate's claims about scientific data, research, analyses as spurious. The term generally conveys a pejorative connotation that the advocate is driven by political, ideological, financial, and known as 'reparative' or 'conversion' therapy that their days are numbered," said PFLAG PFLAG Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (since 1972; Washington, DC) spokesperson Ron Schlittler. "Simply put, lives are at stake." |
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