| | | | | Institute for Healthy Families (IHF) Executive Director, Christopher Doyle, appeared on KDOV-TV's "Focus Today" show this morning, January 28. During the program, Christopher discussed unwanted same-sex attraction, why the Obama administration is trying to ban therapy rights for people with unwanted attractions and examines Hillary Clinton’s experience with “Conversion Therapy.” Click here to watch.
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| | MLK’s Advice to a Boy Struggling With Unwanted Same-Sex Attractions in 1958 |
| As the nation remembered the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. last week, few may know that, as a minister, he worked to help at least one young man who was experiencing unwanted same-sex attractions in 1958.
Today, as issues like these are debated by those who want to end certain types of therapies for minors, IHF Executive Director Christopher Doyle wonders if anyone nearly 60 years ago would have called Dr. King a “bigot,” “hateful” or “intolerant” for his words to the young man.
“No one would have attacked Dr. King for his words of guidance in 1958,” said Doyle. “They would have lauded him as a thoughtful minister who was sincerely trying to help this young man who was struggling and had nowhere to turn. But our society has become so fearful, so resistant and so intolerant of any view that does not match the vocal agenda of activists, those offering guidance—as well as those asking for help—are made out to be the enemy.”
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In a recent Charisma News story, an exchange between Dr. King and a young man is described, where King gives advice while writing an advice column for Ebony Magazine. The boy’s question and Dr. King’s answer are below:
Question: My problem is different from the ones most people have. I am a boy, but I feel about boys the way I ought to feel about girls. I don’t want my parents to know about me. What can I do? Is there any place where I can go for help?
Answer: Your problem is not at all an uncommon one. However, it does require careful attention. The type of feeling that you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally acquired. Your reasons for adopting this habit have now been consciously suppressed or unconsciously repressed. Therefore, it is necessary to deal with this problem by getting back to some of the experiences and circumstances that led to the habit. In order to do this I would suggest that you see a good psychiatrist who can assist you in bringing to the forefront of conscience all of those experiences and circumstances that led to the habit. You are already on the right road toward a solution, since you honestly recognize the problem and have a desire to solve it.
“Note that Dr. King encouraged the boy see a psychiatrist to find the root cause of his feelings,” Doyle said. “Today, in four states, the District of Columbia and the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, this boy would have been unable to find help. That’s why it’s so important that we put an end to therapy bans that prevent minors from having their therapy rights stripped away.”
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| In 2016, through working with Equality and Justice For All, Doyle has a renewed commitment to fight and advocate for therapy equality, buoyed by the fact that in 2015, at least 15 states rejected or refused to pass laws to take away the therapy rights of children and their families, despite the efforts of vocal homosexual activists with deep pockets. And the actions of the lawmakers in these states—after they’ve heard the stories of people who were desperate for change and achieved it—is a step in the right direction, Doyle believes.
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| | 2016 Healing Weekends Announced |
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| The Institute for Healthy Families is offering a Men's Healing Weekend, Mother's Healing Weekend, and Father's Healing Weekend in 2016. We are happy to announce the dates and open registration! The dates are as follows: |
| | Breakthrough Men's Healing Weekend August 6-7, 2016
For men with unwanted same-sex attractions |
| | Mother's Healing Weekend September 9-11, 2016
For mothers of a same-sex attracted or gay-identified child
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| | Father's Healing Weekend November 4-6, 2016
For fathers of a same-sex attracted or gay-identified child
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