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{{cquote|"NARTH offered to join with the American Psychological Association (APA) in conducting a detailed study of the effectiveness of reparative therapy. The APA refused to cooperate."<ref>[http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_nart.htm#study Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance]</ref>}}

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==Christian ~~ideas~~==

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==Christian truths==

[[Peter LaBarbera]] is the President of [[Americans for Truth]] which is a organization which counters the [[homosexual agenda]]. LaBarbera stated the following regarding Christian ex-homosexuals who reported being transformed by the power of God:

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Peter LaBarbera's statement above concerning [[Overcoming Homosexuality|overcoming homosexuality]] certainly has [http://www.conservapedia.com/Ex-homosexuals#Reparative_Therapy some evidence supporting it]. In addition, in 1980 a study was published in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' and eleven men participated in this study. The aforementioned study stated that eleven 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>

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The opposition to ~~reparative~~ therapy is sometimes ideologically based, and it directs attention away from the harm that [[gay affirmative therapy]] can cause.

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The opposition to conversion therapy is sometimes ideologically based, and it directs attention away from the harm that [[gay affirmative therapy]] can cause.

The ''American Journal of Psychotherapy'' published a case study about a client who was supposedly harmed by treating him for "[[internalized homophobia]]".<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/lcreview.html]</ref>

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Currently, the [[American Medical Association]]<ref>[http://www.narth.com/docs/correctionletter2.html]</ref>, [[American Psychiatric Association]]<ref>[http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/56/10/883]</ref>, and [[American Psychological Association]] uniformly discourage therapeutic or pharmacologic attempts at altering sexual orientation, going so far as to say that it can harm the individual.<ref>[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2000-02/APA-tdiw-0302100.php]</ref><ref>[http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&doi=10.1037/0735-7028.33.3.249]</ref>

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