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The Turning Tide of Therapy Bans: Dr Christopher Rosik
My Favorite Arguments from the Otto et al. v. Boca Raton, FL, et al. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Decision Christopher Rosik, Ph.D....
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‘Conversion Therapy’, Suicide and the Question of Harm
‘I don’t want to see another young person take their life,’ says Jayne Ozanne. She wants to see ‘conversion therapy’ banned.
There are four propositions here: that (i) LGBT-identified people experience more depression than others; (ii) they likewise commit suicide more often; (iii) a major cause of this is what she calls ‘spiritual abuse’ in the Church; and (iv) therapy makes matters worse, not better.
What is ‘Conversion Therapy’?
Core Issues Trust offers help for individuals who wish to move away from unwanted homosexual behaviours and feelings, voluntarily. LGBTI activists claim that such provision is “Conversion Therapy”. Check out these FAQs…
An open letter to Jayne Ozanne, from a CIT Director – Dermot O’Callaghan
Following Jayne Ozanne’s refusal to engage with the concerns raised in his letter to her, Dermot O’Callaghan has sent an open letter to members of General Synod concerning the lack of scientific evidence for the claims being made in support of her call to the Church of England to ban ‘Conversion Therapy’. Such a move would align the Church of England to a statement signed in January 2016 condemning such therapy.
De-queering BBC 3’s ‘Queer Britain’, Episode 1
Dr Mike Davidson exposes some of the assumptions and biases in the first episode of BBC 3’s documentary ‘Queer Britain’. Mike leads Core Issues Trust, a UK charity offering support for those with unwanted sexual feelings and behaviours, including homosexuality.
Cynthia Garrett (London Mini Series) and Mike Davidson
Television personality Cynthia Garrett presents a series of messages aimed to encourage people to live their faith in Jesus. In a 2-part series, Mike Davidson shares his story with Cynthia, and about the work of Core Issues Turust – including the new film, “Voices of the Silenced”.
How Stonewall influences all the UK’s political parties
In response to the Stonewall “Acceptance without Exception” campaign, Core Issues Trust recently released its “Equal, not Identical” campaign. Download the “Challenging the Stonewall General Election Manifesto” – Make sure you’re not part of Stonewall’s determination to end the link between biology and gender.
Challenging Stonewall’s Election Manifesto, 2017
In response to the Stonewall “Acceptance without Exception” campaign, Core Issues Trust today released its “Equal, not Identical” campaign. Download the “Challenging the Stonewall General Election Manifesto”, here. View the accompanying explanatory video here: https://youtu.be/okgkyrgH564. Make sure you’re not part of Stonewall’s determination to end the link between biology and gender.
Whatever “gay conversion therapy” is, banning it won’t change Christian sexual ethics
Former Christian Legal Centre client and Director of the Core Issues Trust, Dr Mike Davidson, comments on the news that Malta has banned ‘gay conversion therapy’. Under the new law, anyone who tries to “change, repress or eliminate a person’s sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression” will be fined or even jailed.
The Sexual Revolution and the Do-Nothing-Church
“Abandonment of Christian sexual morality is the core of the Church’s self-secularization.” ∼ Gabriele Kuby, The Global Sexual Revolution…From time to time, the church finds itself with egg on its face because of its failure to speak out in the face of grievous injustices. The Nazi episode, the Civil Rights movement in the United States and Apartheid in South Africa—in each case the church (or at least large parts of it) tried to avert its eyes from evil and resisted facing the truth…
Memorial Service for Dr Joseph Nicolosi 22nd April, 2017
A memorial service was held to remember Dr Joseph Nicolosi on Saturday 22nd April, in Los Angeles, CA
Obituary for Dr Joseph Nicolosi
Joseph Nicolosi, Father of “Reparative Therapy” for Homosexuality, Dies Suddenly. Joseph Nicolosi was one of the founders of the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), which was later re-named the Alliance for Therapeutic Choice and Scientific Integrity, and the father of “reparative therapy” for men—a particular branch of the larger movement to provide assistance in seeking change to those who experience unwanted same-sex attractions.
Gender is an objective fact, not some batty whim
Instead of learning to read, write, spell, add and subtract, your children will learn about Kit—a 12-year-old boy undergoing medical transition. If boys don’t want to be boys, Kit will explain to them how they can now be girls or vice-versa or fluidly flow back and forth with their gender, jumpers and lunch boxes.