Ex-gay group expelled.When openly gay 16-year-old Zach Stark wrote in his Web log (1) See blog. (2) A record of activity on a Web site. The content of a Web log is used to analyze visitor traffic and report the number of visitors, page views, menu options and banners clicked, most common navigation paths taken, most downloaded files and so on. Although reporting is commonly done in a batch mode at the end of a period, Web analytic software may also be able to report on traffic in realtime. about his parents forcing him into an "ex-gay" 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, 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 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 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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