A movie recommendation

One Nation Under God, 1993, a documentary about reparative thearapies to cure homosexuality. I watched it on Netflix last night. The film is built around Gary Cooper and Michael Bussee, a gay couple who met while having founded Exodus, the ex gay ministry. The film provides a historical back drop of all the methods to cure gays. There was talk therapy, aversion therapy, and once phychiatrists figured out it was quackery prayer therapy. Some of the stories related can help explain why this is such a fault line for so many of us. Why the reaction was so viceral. It also gives some of the younger people here a historical perspective when a young Mike Wallace discusses the homosexual threat. If you have netflix I recommend it. Otherwise it might be quite difficult to find.

they will become right handed, especially if you threaten to cut off their left hand.

make me hate authority figures.

My sister in law came out at Thanksgivings dinner some years ago. It was great to see the look on her fundy older sister's face. She tried to make her gay sister go to a Christian "therapist." She gave her a "gift card" good for several sessions at the "therapist."

by a ruler with a steel edge. Then my right hand got slashed because I held a pen like a left handed person. Nothing pleased those old gals.

Then I left. For good.

Otherwise we would have to use one slot in the cue until they returned it.

:thumbsup:

and then saw it on Netflix's player last night so I watched it again. It holds up somewhat well given the current debate.

it. This person also has my VHS copy of "Manufacturing Consent" by Noam Chomsky but that's ok I don't use a VCR anymore. :P Anyways I found it amusing that these Exodus International people thought they could turn guys straight by making them play softball and the girls would become straight by learning make-up tips. :crazy:

one of those guys had to be gay lol.

Though I know I'll be very angry while I'm watching this.

Thanks for the recommendation.

And I think the suggestion to send a copy of this movie to the Obama campaign is a good one.