From MSNBC: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7791888/
Brain responses differ in gay, straight men
Study: Homosexuals react to male sex hormones like women
The Associated Press
Updated: 5:19 p.m. ET May 9, 2005
WASHINGTON - The brains of homosexual men respond more like those of women when reacting to a chemical derived from the male sex hormone, new evidence of physical differences related to sexual The finding, published in Tuesday’s issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows differences in physiological reaction to sex hormones.
In the Swedish study, when sniffing a chemical from testosterone, the male hormone, portions of the brains involved in sexual activity were activated in gay men and straight women, but not in straight men, the researchers found…
I’ve been reading similar studies for years now—long before I went back to college in the mid 90’s and got my degree in psychology. The big question on my mind is, “Why isn’t some pharmaceutical company out there working on a drug or other method to ‘cure’ gay people?”
After all, if it’s a “chemical imbalance” in the brain that is causing these individuals to act out in a homosexual manner, then another chemical (or chemicals) may be able to set them “straight.”
Think about it. We give lithium to bipolar people to stabilize their moods—by stabilizing their brain chemistry.
We give Prozac to depressed people to help them equalize levels of serotonin in their brains—and we change their outlooks on life for the better.
So why hasn’t the scientific community been working on a cure to help homosexual people? Why can't we help them to stabilize their brain chemistry?
I think the answer here is obvious. Homosexual people’s behaviors or brain chemistry isn’t considered “abnormal” by the American Psychiatric Association and other medical organizations. Up until the 1960’s, the DSM listed homosexuality as a personality disorder right along side alcoholism and addiction. But then it became politically incorrect to consider people who demonstrated homosexual tendencies “ill” even if the person himself wasn’t particularly happy with his situation.
And if someone is “acting normally” and isn’t considered sick, then he or she doesn’t need any treatment, right? Their behavior is labeled as “normal” and if you as a medical professional think otherwise you are sure to be called “cruel”. Fears of retaliation and hate mail alone have shut down much research in this area I'm certain.
God made us all male and female—human, animal, fish, bird and even plant. It takes one of each sex to create another living being. This was His plan for His creation. But somehow, man has put himself in God’s place and started dictating rules that go against God’s wonderful creation. The creature brashly tells the creator where to get off. The lump of clay tells the potter it wants to remain an ugly lump rather than be transformed into a beautiful work of art.
And the saddest, sickest thing about all this is that we’ve allowed these suffering “gay” people to think all these years that they didn’t deserve to have their brain chemical imbalances corrected. They were told there was no help for them. They were stuck feeling the way they did even if they knew it went against God’s plan for them as His beloved children and it caused them much anguish.
How cruel is that?
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