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A 2006 survey finds men [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06071302.html seek to leave homosexual lifestyle to heal emotional pain rather than outside pressure.] In addition, there is [[Homosexuality and Mental Health|other data that supports the above 2006 survey findings]].
A 2006 survey finds men [http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jul/06071302.html seek to leave homosexual lifestyle to heal emotional pain rather than outside pressure.] In addition, there is [[Homosexuality and Mental Health|other data that supports the above 2006 survey findings]].
==A Psychiatric Journal Reported that 11 Men Left Homosexuality After Becoming Involved in a Pentecostal Church==
==A Psychiatric Journal Reported that Eleven Men Left Homosexuality After Becoming Involved in a Pentecostal Church==
In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that 11 [[Ex-homosexuals|ex-homosexual]] men reported overcoming homosexuality and becoming heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] church.<ref>E.M. Pattison and M.L. Pattison, "'Ex-Gays': Religiously Mediated Change in Homosexuals," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 137, pp. 1553-1562, 1980</ref>
In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that eleven homosexual former homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] church.<ref>E.M. Pattison and M.L. Pattison, "'Ex-Gays': Religiously Mediated Change in Homosexuals," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 137, pp. 1553-1562, 1980</ref>
==Ex-Homosexuals and Former Sexual Abuse==
==Ex-Homosexuals and Former Sexual Abuse==
The are studies which suggest that [[Sexual Abuse Being a Contributing Factor for Homosexuality|homosexuals are sexually abused disaproportionately in their childhood compared to heteresexuals]]. Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead state in their previously mentioned book:
The are studies which suggest that [[Sexual Abuse Being a Contributing Factor for Homosexuality|homosexuals are sexually abused disaproportionately in their childhood compared to heteresexuals]]. Dr. Whitehead and Briar Whitehead state in their previously mentioned book: