ARE THE EX-GAYS THE MOST PERSECUTED GROUP?

Just try to say that ex-gays are a persecuted and marginalized minority, and you will receive pushback a-plenty. This’s what happened to me. Everyone on Facebook demanded documentation, and so I found the following:

“The Center for Reclaiming America cited the following account of how a hate crime statute was egregiously applied to an ex-homosexual:

·       In Madison, Wisconsin, a recovered homosexual who had left the “gay” lifestyle to start a family got into a heated discussion with an open homosexual about homosexuality at a gas station. The ex-“gay” man, David Ott, was holding his child in his arms during the entire incident, and neither man touched the other. The homosexual activist later told police he had felt threatened by Ott, and local prosecutors charged the man with “disorderly conduct” with a “hate crimes” enhancement.

·       The “hate crime” aspect, stemming from Ott’s belief that homosexuality is morally wrong, raised the potential fine from $1,000 to $10,000, and jail time went up from a possible 90 days to one year. Fearing the possibility of substantial jail time, Ott settled, and received 50 hours of community service plus a mandatory attendance at “tolerance” sessions conducted by lesbians at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. A ground rule for the session was the premise that homosexual behavior is not immoral.

Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX) has been the subject of at least three (and likely more) instances of harassment because of their view that a person can leave homosexuality; one instance involved court action prohibiting PFOX's materials in the public school setting.

·       Arlington County Fair Incident - Reverend Louis Sheldon, Chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition and author of The Agenda: The Homosexual Plan to Change America

The Traditional Values Coalition reported the following:

         

·       Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) hosted a booth at the Arlington County Fair in Arlington, Virginia. PFOX has had an exhibit at this fair for the past four years.

·       And, every year, intolerant homosexual activists have done everything they could to disrupt PFOX’s display. This year, they screamed obscenities, threw PFOX materials on the ground and demanded that PFOX leave the fair. One PFOX volunteer was hit because he is an ex-homosexual.

·       Eventually, PFOX had to call in a police officer to eject one activist who was harassing their volunteers. According to PFOX, “This is not the first time that PFOX has had to summon the police for protection from gay activists."[25]

The Traditional Values Coalition also reported the following Virginia School Counselors Incident:

·       Parents and Friends of Ex-gays and Gays (PFOX) was booted from a Virginia School Counselors Association annual convention last weekend. PFOX had been officially registered at the convention and had set up a booth to distribute materials showing that homosexuals can change. The head of the counselor’s group asked to meet with PFOX leader Regina Griggs and told her that several of the items in the booth were offensive to school counselors. Among them was NARTH President Dr. Joseph Nicolosi’s book, A Parent’s Guide To Preventing Homosexuality. After offering to remove any offensive materials from the booth, Griggs was told that PFOX should leave anyway because it wasn’t worth their time to only distribute two brochures at the convention.

·       Griggs told WorldNetDaily: “Some members didn’t want us there at all. They didn’t want an alternative opinion to the teaching they were having that afternoon.”

Judge Prohibits Public Schools from Implementing Anti-ex-homosexual Curriculum

PFOX reported the following:

·       Montgomery County, Maryland – A United States District Court has granted the request of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX.org) for a temporary injunction prohibiting the Montgomery County, Maryland public schools from implementing an anti-ex-gay sex ed curriculum. U.S. District Court Judge Alexander Williams, Jr. ruled that the curriculum threatened PFOX's constitutional rights, including the First Amendment freedom of speech. In his opinion, Judge Williams noted some of the curriculum's biased statements against ex-gays, including statements claiming that `[t]rying to change one's sexual response to straight or gay is usually unsuccessful,' and that `[i]n fact, it is often societal homophobia that forces people to attempt to change.'” https://www.conservapedia.com/Ex-homosexuals#Religious_Liberty_Versus_Exgayphobia

What was the response of my antagonists? Up to this point, they had dismissed all of the evidences I had presented as “biased.”