Therapy for gays?

I guess it's appropriate to start this project blog with a controversial topic. Since there are no rules, let's see how it goes...

I am naive, I admit it. I heard this talk on the radio this morning and I had to wonder what are we doing as people, what kind of world do we live in? We offer therapy for gays and lesbians so we can turn them straight. And that's just because some of us are not comfortable with who they are. Meanwhile, kids don't get help when they are abused, mental health still carries a stigma, veterans are left to wonder if they will ever go through a night without horrific nightmares.

This is not some kind of disease. This is not like getting a cold and taking aspirin to get better. People are different. We're all different in different ways. Why is it so hard to accept differences? I feel sometimes like I am in the minority. I am a straight, christian woman who believes that everyone has the right to be who they want to be. I have my own internal struggles. I am fighting patterns from way back when. Some of my patterns don't make me the best person I can be, but I am proud of getting closer to knowing who I really am. The God I believe is a loving God. The God I believe in helps me make the most of the life I have and hopefully, cares about the loving choices I make. Which God do you believe in? Which God is intollerant?

I have amazing, wonderful friends that are gay. I have amazing, wonderful friends that are straight. Through all of it, I am grateful for knowing them all, for getting to share my life and struggles with them. I hurt for the intollerance I see. And I don't want to accept it as much as I don't want to understand it.