Rick Perry questions gay therapy

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

June 16, 2014, 11:48 am

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Monday he is not sure if gay reparative therapy works and it is a question better left up to psychologists.

"I don't know," he told CNBC when asked if the therapy can change a person's sexual orientation. "The fact is we will leave that up to the psychologists and the doctors."

Perry made the comments after receiving criticism last week for using alcoholism as an analogy to explain homosexuality. Perry said people might be predisposed to a certain thing but they can choose not to do it.

Perry deflected when asked about his comments, calling it a contentious issue.




Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/209476-perry-on-gay-reparative-therapy-leave-it-to-doctors#ixzz34pMzsDC7

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Throwing some shade at him

So Rick Perry is admitting it didn't work - For HIM? I know I know - it's rotten. But there's something fishy about all of these homophobic right wing men who spout this shit off. Then you look at their religious upbringing - and it makes me wonder?

Why don't they just all be themselves. Because the hatred towards the GLBT community is beginning to make me think these are deeply closeted self-hating people.

[Wernothelpless]

3. Agreed ...

Pretty Boy Perry was standing a bit tooooo close to his mirror when he made that statement ...

[JustAnotherGen]

4. I'm friends with too many people

In the GLBT community -

The only person I remember ever being THAT strident and hateful towards gay men when I was at University - came out of the closet 10 years ago or so.

And let's face it - this is a hateful hate we are seeing from the Right towards human beings who just are what they are - no different than me.

It's just hateful. And I'm sick of it.

So I'm throwing shade and side eyes on a go forward basis.

[Wernothelpless]

6. As do I ...

in Austin, no less, and it's a poorly kept secret regarding Perry ...

[RKP5637]

8. One digs a little into their past and stuff always comes up. They doth protest too much. Like WTF,

what "normal" person spends their time preoccupied with others sexual affairs, straight, gay ... it just gets really weird to me, these individuals that always have their nose in someones genitals and shouting with loud megaphones about people/groups.

[closeupready]

11. He does try just a little too hard to be manly.

As if he's not. ? (Or, as if he THINKS he's not.)

[olddad56]

2. Perry seems predisposed to saying something stupid every time he opens his mouth.

and I don't think he can choose not to.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. FAIR POINT!!!!!

[Fred Gilmore]

7. Open Mouth

Espouse stupid shit.

[The CCC]

9. Rick Perry questions gay therapy

One question for Mr. Perry; Does Heterosexual Reparative Therapy work?

[L0oniX]

10. That's ok Ricky ...we're questioning your sanity too.

[jtuck004]

12. Texas Republican Party Adopts Discredited 'Reparative Therapy' for Gays

http://www.newsweek.com/texas-republican-party-adopts-discredited-reparative-therapy-gays-254168


Your party seems to disagree.

[SoapBox]

13. Let me ask this, Gov. Bad Hair...

If we send you to therapy, could you be cured of your Heterosexuality?!?

[Nobel_Twaddle_III]

14. Alcoholism as an analogy to explain homosexuality,

So if the rumors are true, does that mean he only takes it up the butt when he is drunk.
.

[yellowcanine]

15. Rick wants it both ways. No evidence "gay therapy" does anything except hurt people.

"The fact is we will leave that up to the psychologists and the doctors."

If he is actually doing that then he should have no problem saying flat out that "gay therapy" does not work and may in fact be harmful for young people, because that is what the psychologists and doctors say. Not being willing to say that is pandering to the homophobes.

[truthisfreedom]

16. Why is it that when repukes talk about anything related to homosexuality

they're never ever ever being supportive or accepting?

[louielouie]

17. Are these gay "cure" programs 12-step programs?

Rick Perry's comparison with alcoholism made me wonder.

[Orsino]

18. Gay reparative therapy is the pipe dream of bigots and their victims.

It has never been proven to do a damned thing, and purports to "cure" what isn't illness. It is a scam that preys on those made most vulnerable by institutionalized homophobia.

[Sunlei]

19. RW wants to set-up 'for profit' cure the gays clinics using our Federal money & drain ACA billions

into their private 'for profit' pockets.

Then, in future they will whine,"America can't afford massive healthcare costs of ACA, so everyone must pay more in co-pays"

This 'cure the gay' talking point, and their recent try to pass laws where gay treatments can not be canceled or opposed is another 'for profit' dirty trick. We need to shut it down now,

or Gay Treatment Clinics of America, will be just like the 'for profit' prisons and private ' tax voucher stealing' schools & the war profiteers. We will lose billions of our taxpayer State and Federal funds to them.

[randome]

20. Rick Perry makes my brain hurt.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]