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Praying For Gays, (or is that Preying on Gays?)

Browsing fark, I came across this fabulous study from James Dobson and Focus on the Family. It seems you can pray the gay away.

As usual, The Onion offers a useful counterpoint.

The funny thing about the FotF piece and the Onion piece? They're both equally well peer-reviewed!

The Fark thread had the following comment which I found pretty amazing:

Believe it or not these types of programs work. There's a lady at my church who confesses to lesbian acts when she was younger on the collge volleyball team. She was also on the golfing team so she says being around women like that all the time made her do it and that collge female athletics is overrun with lesbianism. She's started a counseling service for people to convert back to a heterosexual life at the church.

P.S. liberals, she already has four people in the class and it only been going for a month. Being gay is a choice. We don't condemn though, I think that's where many churches make a mistake.

- His Sonshine (2007-09-18 03:10:08 PM)

Now lots of people objected to this comment, but out of hundreds of responses I didn't see anyone call this guy on what struck me as blazingly obvious - This chick has found the perfect cover for picking up lesbians in a fundamentalist church! Think of it, they all identify as Lesbian. They all want to hang out with other Lesbians. They're all good at being discreet.

The only drawback is the self-loathing. I'm guessing that's a turn-on for the woman in question or she'd simply go to a place where well-adjusted lesbians hang out. I'm not sure where that would be though. Gay bars? Lulu Lemon? Community College welding courses?

Canadian Politics Hypothetical

Question for you political wonks out there. Can a sitting government lose a non-confidence vote and not have to dissolve the government and call an election? What if the opposition simply doesn't like the motion, but doesn't think they'll do better in the ensuing election? Is it a matter of take the good with the bad (I suspect this is the truth of the matter, but want some confirmation).

I'm thinking the current opposition might not have the guts to pull the trigger on the federal Conservatives. Conversely, the Conservatives might introduce some real stinkers in the next sitting that the opposition will have to vote down.

Could we find ourselves in a situation where the government still stands, but can't actually do anything?