Russ I'm absolutely disgusted by the continued hatred and bigotry spewed here toward people whose only "crime" is that the are attracted to members of the same sex.

I'm surprised you are citing a psychiatrist as backup for your statements. Most people on this forum hold shrinks in slight regard; they have damaged some of us more than the dentists have. What's more, Lehrman's license was revoked by the state of New York in 1993 for defrauding the state out of a lot of money by making false Medicaid claims, and failing to complete thousands of prescription forms. The hearing concluded that Lehrman "lacks the moral integrity to practice the profession of medicine." A reliable, morally upright source you think, who has the right to hate homosexuals and write about it using "M.D."?

What's more, he is associated with a right-wing extremist group called the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality. Reading about them made me feel like I'd turned over a rock and was looking at the scum and creepy-crawlies living under there. These are psychologists and shrinks who believe that homosexuals are disease-ridden filth who contaminate the health and moral fiber of the country and who need to be given "therapy" to cure their supposed illness. They seek to have the DSM re-define homosexuality as such once again -- a mental illness.

I'd rather not go into the psychologically manipulative articles on their website just now, they're there for all to see, but take a look at the sorts of things some of them write and you get a pretty good picture of their beliefs. A Dr. Gerald Schoenewolf wrote last year, in an essay called "Gay Rights and Political Correctness: A Brief History" that "Africa at the time of slavery was still primarily a jungle . . . Life there was savage . . . and those brought to America, and other countries, were in many ways better off." He also stated that the civil rights movement, women's rights movement, and gay rights movement were all "irrational" and "destructive." What's more, he wrote a book called The Art of Hating in which he said, "Many people talk about hate, but few know how to hate well."

Sounds like you're up there with the best of them if you agree with this utter garbage.