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Zach's father comes out
Steve Koval
Southern Voice
http://www.sovo.com/blog/index.cfm?type=blog&start=7/8/05&end=7/15/05#1589
After reading about how Zach, a Tennessee teen who claimed in a blog that he was forced into an "ex-gay" camp by his parents, I wondered what kind of parent would do that to his or her child.
Thanks to Pat Robetson's Christian Broadcasting Network, I needn't wonder any longer. In an interview posted yesterday, Joe Stark came out as Zach's father.
Stark discussed his decision to send his son to "Love In Actions" camp:
Quote:"We felt very good about Zach coming here because… to let him see for himself the destructive lifestyle, what he has to face in the future, and to give him some options that society doesn't give him today," Stark said. "Knowing that your son... statistics say that by the age of 30 he could either have AIDS or be dead." …
"A lot of things that Zach spent a lot of his time doing were taken away," Stark said. "And I can see why they do it now. It's because, if you're not doing those things, then what are you doing? Sometime or other, you have to communicate with your family. And that's a big thing that has happened in our family — Zach is communicating a lot more with us." …
"To me it's not what's right and what's left, it's what's right and what's wrong," Joe said. "My wife and I will stand by that 'till the day we die, as far as homosexuality is not in God's plan — it's wrong."
It's unlikely that any amount of scientific evidence that homosexuality is not a choice will alter the Starks' belief that homosexuality is "wrong" and "not in God's plan."
So far it's been primarily gay men and lesbians that have been protesting Zach's involuntary reprogramming.
But can you imagine the uproar that would result if a gay couple sent their straight child to a camp so that the child could be reprogrammed to be gay? If the parents claimed they were following their religious beliefs, would that make their actions seem any less outrageous?
Just as states no longer allow parents to beat their children, even if the parents claim the Bible commands it, states should not allow parents to psychologically abuse their children using the Bible as a shield.
There's already enough scientific evidence to demonstrate that homosexuality is not a choice. Gay adults need to draw attention to the continued psychological abuse of gay youth, and demand that the appropriate state agencies step in to offer protection. In fact, that's what is occurring right now in Tennessee.
Protecting gay youth is not a matter of "what's right and what's left, it's what's right and what's wrong."
For the full interview go here:
http://cbn.com/cbnnews/news/050713a.asp
(\\__/) And if you don't believe The sun will rise
(='.'=) Stand alone and greet The coming night
(")_(") In the last remaining light. (C. Cornell)
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Zach's father "comes out"
By: E.J. on Fri, 15 July 2005 02:55 |
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Re: Zach's father "comes out"
By: timmy on Fri, 15 July 2005 07:22 |
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Zach's story to appear in the N.Y. Times tomorrow
By: E.J. on Sun, 17 July 2005 00:45 |
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The myth and lies of the garden of eden
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Re: Zach
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Re: Zach
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Re: Zach
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Re: Zach
By: Guest on Fri, 19 August 2005 04:15 |
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Re: Zach's father "comes out"
By: timmy on Mon, 15 August 2005 12:53 |
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Re: Zach's father "comes out"
By: E.J. on Tue, 16 August 2005 03:29 |
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Depersonalising and removing the Zach factor
By: timmy on Tue, 16 August 2005 09:14 |
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Re: Depersonalising and removing the Zach factor
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Re: Depersonalising and removing the Zach factor
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