SEXUAL ORIENTATION CAN CHANGE

NEW FRC Issue Analysis: Evidence Shows Sexual Orientation Can Change: Debunking the Myth of "Immutability" By Peter Sprigg Many of the advances of the homosexual movement have been based on the claim that sexual orientation is "immutable."  For example, Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion in the 2015 Supreme Court case that redefined marriage to include same-sex couples rested upon that assertion.  Key policy issues still being debated in which the supposed "immutability" of sexual orientation can be an issue include efforts by LGB activists to expand non-discrimination laws to protect sexual orientation  (such as the proposed federal "Equality Act"), and efforts to restrict or ban sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE), sometimes called "conversion therapy." The concept of "sexual orientation" is multi-faceted, involving a combination of attractions, behaviors, and personal identity. Changes in any of these elements (sometimes called "sexual fluidity"), and a lack of "stability" or "exclusivity" in or among them, represents evidence that sexual orientation can change.  This paper reports results from four large data sets reflecting longitudinal analysis of the same individuals over time in population-based samples. All demonstrate that significant change in each of the elements of sexual orientation is possible. FRC endorses the call by pro-LGB scholars Lisa Diamond and Clifford Rosky to "abandon the immutability argument once and for all."  Diamond, Rosky, and others on the Left argue that a belief in personal freedom should be sufficient support for pro-homosexual policies. However, this amounts to substituting the principles of the sexual revolution for the principles of the civil rights movement.  The public would be wise to question instead whether the goals of the homosexual movement can be justified at all. NEW FRC Issue Brief: The Inequality of the "Equality Act" of 2019 By Mary Beth Waddell, J.D. The "Equality Act" is legislation that would massively overhaul our federal civil rights framework in order to mandate special privileges in the private sector for sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).  It would add these SOGI categories alongside characteristics in civil rights statutes that are innate, inborn, involuntary, and immutable, such as age, race, national origin, or protected under the Constitution, such as religion. If passed, the "Equality Act" would mandate government-imposed unfairness by requiring acceptance of a particular ideology about sexual ethics. Its stated goal is equality, but its actual result is harm to vast numbers of communities and individuals, including those it purports to protect.  These victims include: family-owned businesses (and thus the economy), women and girls, teachers and students, the medical community (and thus the individuals who this bill purports to help), and Americans as a whole because this bill undercuts our foundational freedom of religion. MORE Recent Releases: Title X Rule Changes Protect the Unborn and Increase Health Care Options

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