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== Opposition ==

== Opposition ==

Reparative therapy is not accepted as a mainline "treatment."  Instead, the [[American Psychiatric Association]] flatly rejects the theory as insulting, degrading, and potentially damaging.<ref>American Psychiatric Association, "Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth," http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.html</ref>  Some psychiatrists have lost their licenses for practicing the "therapy," and children have sued their parents successfully for attempting to force them to undergo the treatment.<ref>http://www.washblade.com/2005/7-1/news/national/tenopen.cfm</ref>  It is argued that the ideas surrounding reparative therapy are simply attempts to color the "culture war," and score points at the expense of mental health and well-being, as the therapy inforces the idea that homosexuality can be, and should be, cured.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/nyregion/12group.html?ex=1177732800&en=9d531cb626af7ac6&ei=5070</ref>  In short, the medical consensus is that the therapy is wrong-headed, produces no results, and is damaging.

Reparative therapy is not accepted as a mainline "treatment."  Instead, the [[American Psychiatric Association]] flatly rejects the theory as insulting, degrading, and potentially damaging.<ref>American Psychiatric Association, "Just the Facts About Sexual Orientation & Youth," http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.html</ref>  Some psychiatrists have lost their licenses for practicing the "therapy," and children have sued their parents successfully for attempting to force them to undergo the treatment.<ref>http://www.washblade.com/2005/7-1/news/national/tenopen.cfm</ref>  It is argued that the ideas surrounding reparative therapy are simply attempts to color the "culture war," and score points at the expense of mental health and well-being, as the therapy inforces the idea that homosexuality can be, and should be, cured.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/nyregion/12group.html?ex=1177732800&en=9d531cb626af7ac6&ei=5070</ref>  In short, the medical consensus is that the therapy is wrong-headed, produces no beneficial results, and is damaging.

== Popular Culture ==

== Popular Culture ==