I fully understand the implications of this story just as I fully appreciate that some folks on the left want to assert that Omar Mateen was not a jihadi, but was driven by some internal conflict over his alleged homosexuality.
In all circumstances and in all cases, homosexuality is NOT a mental illness. A person cannot be made sick by something that is not a sickness. Is that clear enough?
Homosexuality was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the American Psychiatric Association's official list of disorders, in 1973. Ego-dystonic sexual orientation, which is the state being described in this article, was removed from the DSM in 1987 because there was not a shred of science that supported its continued inclusion. According to the experts, the conditions being explicitly stated and implied in this article DO NOT EXIST.
Equally important, this theory, which is gaining some support on the left, took a hit in the Times article that William cited. It says "Federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that the F.B.I. is increasingly skeptical of reports that Mr. Mateen was gay but 'closeted,' that he had been visiting gay clubs or that he had used gay dating apps."
Sadly, these killings are not the first horror to fall on the LGBT community, but we're not going to put up with any uninformed armchair psychology from the left.
Homosexuality is NOT a mental illness; it was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the official list of disorders that is published by the American Psychiatric Association, 43 years ago. Even when it was listed, committing mass murder was not among the symptoms.
Your assertion that Omar Mateen was driven by internal conflicts is based on antiquated and disproven theories about the origins of homosexuality (Our distant fathers and too intimate mothers made us gay, etc.). And I will point out that the only other people who believe in this theory are right wingers, such as Joseph Nicolosi, who provide therapies that are intended to "cure" homosexuality.
I get that some folks on the left wants to discredit the assertion that this was Islamic terrorism, but how about you find an argument that is based in fact and science instead of saying that LGBT people are sick.
I fully understand the implications of this story just as I fully appreciate that some folks on the left want to assert that Omar Mateen was not a jihadi, but was driven by some internal conflict over his alleged homosexuality.
In all circumstances and in all cases, homosexuality is NOT a mental illness. A person cannot be made sick by something that is not a sickness. Is that clear enough?
Homosexuality was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the American Psychiatric Association's official list of disorders, in 1973. Ego-dystonic sexual orientation, which is the state being described in this article, was removed from the DSM in 1987 because there was not a shred of science that supported its continued inclusion. According to the experts, the conditions being explicitly stated and implied in this article DO NOT EXIST.
Equally important, this theory, which is gaining some support on the left, took a hit in the Times article that William cited. It says "Federal law enforcement officials said Thursday that the F.B.I. is increasingly skeptical of reports that Mr. Mateen was gay but 'closeted,' that he had been visiting gay clubs or that he had used gay dating apps."
Sadly, these killings are not the first horror to fall on the LGBT community, but we're not going to put up with any uninformed armchair psychology from the left.
Homosexuality is NOT a mental illness; it was removed from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, the official list of disorders that is published by the American Psychiatric Association, 43 years ago. Even when it was listed, committing mass murder was not among the symptoms.
Your assertion that Omar Mateen was driven by internal conflicts is based on antiquated and disproven theories about the origins of homosexuality (Our distant fathers and too intimate mothers made us gay, etc.). And I will point out that the only other people who believe in this theory are right wingers, such as Joseph Nicolosi, who provide therapies that are intended to "cure" homosexuality.
I get that some folks on the left wants to discredit the assertion that this was Islamic terrorism, but how about you find an argument that is based in fact and science instead of saying that LGBT people are sick.