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Researchers Try to Label “Homophobia” a Mental Disorder

Oct 28, 2015Jerry CoxReligious FreedomHomosexuality, LGBTQ, Religious Freedom, Religious Liberty

A new column from our friends at the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview highlights recent “research” attempting to peg homophobia as a psychological disorder.

Eric Metaxas writes,

“‘Live Science’ reports that researchers at the University of Rome Tor Vergata asked 560 university students to report their feelings about homosexuality, then gave them a standard psychiatric evaluation. . . . .

“Lead researcher Emmanuele Jannini concluded, ‘After discussing for centuries if homosexuality is to be considered a disease, for the first time we demonstrated that the real disease to be cured is homophobia.’

“Well, this was red meat for progressive websites and news outlets, who gladly trumpeted the results.

“I can’t help but think of C. S. Lewis’ chilling and prophetic essay, ‘The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment.’ Lewis believed that persecution in the future would look less like jack-booted thuggery, and more like therapy: ‘…certain schools of psychology already regard religion as a neurosis,’ he wrote. ‘When this particular neurosis becomes inconvenient to the government, what is to hinder the government from proceeding to “cure” it,’ with mandatory re-education or other forms of treatment?”

Of course, as Metaxas points out, there are a number of problems with how this “research” is being analyzed and applied–not the least of which being the fact a phobia is “an irrational and debilitating fear,” something that is not the basis of Christians’ objections to homosexual behavior and same-sex marriage.

Christians object to same-sex marriage not because they are afraid of something; they object in large part because same-sex marriage ignores two the fundamental truths about marriage: That men and women are each made distinctly in the image of God, and that marriage unites these two halves of God’s image.

You can listen to Metaxas’ full commentary below–or click here to read it.

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Young Adult Literature “Disproportionately Gay”

Oct 2, 2015Jerry CoxHomosexualityHomosexuality

Eric Metaxas has written a commentary at BreakPoint.org discussing a growing trend in literature geared toward children and young adults.

Metaxas writes that the literature is disproportionately portraying homosexual relationships, saying,

“If you know the statistics on rates of homosexuality in the real world, you know that it’s somewhere around 3 percent, maybe less. Not so in the world of Young Adult fiction; there, it’s far more pervasive.

“Book reviewers on the Youth Reads page at our website BreakPoint.org, are noticing that the subject is coming up in more and more contemporary teen novels. It doesn’t matter if they’re romances or fantasy novels or any other genre—the theme runs through all kinds of books for this age group. Acclaimed author Rainbow Rowell is just one prominent recent example. She wrote a bestselling young adult book about a college girl who writes stories about a gay couple—and then Rowell wrote her own young adult book about the gay couple in her character’s stories!

“Given the state of the culture, all this isn’t surprising, but it’s worth a closer look. There are two main factors at work here. Authors who work to normalize homosexuality are trying to promote what they see as compassion, understanding, and acceptance. I believe they’re also trying to break down sexual boundaries of all kinds, to push what they see as ‘freedom’ as far as they possibly can.

“The result is far from healthy or edifying for young readers.”

You can listen to Metaxas’ full commentary below or click here to read it.

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Teach Your Church About Homosexuality

Sep 30, 2015Jerry CoxHomosexualityHomosexuality, LGBTQ, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage

Today we continue our series highlighting special material our friends at Focus on the Family have provided for your family and your church.

Below are two guides Focus on the Family has released on teaching your church about homosexuality and gender confusion.

The guides outline:

The cultural shift we are seeing on homosexuality;
Ways in which gay activists have distorted biblical teaching on homosexuality;
God’s good design for marriage and sexuality;
How to lay a solid foundation for teaching your church about marriage and sexuality;
Ways in which the church can show Christ-like love to people who struggle with homosexuality without affirming the homosexual lifestyle.

These guides are designed to equip you as a leader in your family and in your church. You can download them below or from our “Resources For Your Church and Family” page.