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The '''It Gets Better Project''' is a [[liberal]] project that tells gay teens to hold on to their homosexuality, falsely promising them that adult homosexual life will provide them "levels of happiness, potential, and positivity". Its main argument is that the only problem the gay community faces is lack of acceptance and toleration from "straight" people. If they can "just get through their teen years", they'll be able to enjoy the protection of adult power and camaraderie which will overcome the "daily tormenting and bullying" they face now.  

The '''It Gets Better Project''' is a [[liberal]] project founded in September 2010 in the wake of a number of suicides by gay teenagers who had been bullied for their perceived sexual orientation. The idea behind the project is to tell gay teens to hold on to their homosexuality, promising them that adult homosexual life will provide them "levels of happiness, potential, and positivity". It argues that a problem the gay community faces is lack of acceptance and toleration from "straight" people. If they can "just get through their teen years", they'll be able to enjoy the protection of adult power and camaraderie which will overcome the "daily tormenting and bullying" they face now.<ref>http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/22/showing-gay-teens-a-happy-future/ Showing Gay Teenagers a Happy Future</ref>

The project is the creation of [[Dan Savage]] and attempts to tackle the high levels of teen suicide, especially among [[homosexual]] teens. What Dan has done is to get national recognition, a campaign message of false hope that reached to the [[White House]], ''It Gets Better''.  

The project was founded by [[Dan Savage]] on September 21, 2010 after the suicide of a gay teenager named Billy Lucas. Savage expressed that "I wish I could have talked to this kid for five minutes. I wish I could have told Billy that ''it gets better''. I wish I could have told him that, however bad things were, however isolated and alone he was, ''it gets better''."(Author's emphasis)<ref>http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/SavageLove?oid=4940874 Give 'Em Hope</ref> Savage, in conjunction with several organizations founded the project as a [[501(c)(3)]] organization and set up a [[YouTube]] [http://www.youtube.com/itgetsbetterproject channel] to which videos could be uploaded.

It is noble to help troubled young people but it's wrong to deceive them. Dan Savage's video message is wrong. These teens need help, they need more, they need the truth. Mentally and physically, it gets better by leaving homosexuality. At the least, [[abstinence]] will prolong your life, not shorten it, unlike what Savage and the gay agenda advocates.

While it started off with just a video from Savage and his then husband, within two weeks more than 200 videos were submitted to the project and soon after the project reached YouTube's video limit of 640 submissions. Due to the increasing submissions an [http://www.itgetsbetter.org/ It Gets Better Project website] was launched where more videos could be hosted. The site continues to accept submissions.<ref>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/10/07/MNVJ1FP6E1.DTL

Dan Savage overwhelmed by gay outreach's response</ref>

In January of 2012, [[Vox Day]] reported that two homosexual males who promoted the It Gets Better Project committed suicide. (see also: [[Mental Health and Homosexuality]]).<ref>http://voxday.blogspot.com/2012/01/it-really-doesnt-get-better.html</ref>

The project has seen its fair share of criticism from both sides of the spectrum.

 

Those on the [[right]] have argued that while it is noble to help troubled young people it's wrong to deceive them. They argue that Dan Savage's video message is wrong and that gay teens need help. Mentally and physically, it gets better by leaving homosexuality. At the least, they say, [[abstinence]] will prolong their lives, not shorten it.

 

Some on the [[left]] have argued that The It Gets Better Project doesn't go far enough and that the goal should be making things better now, not saying it will get better later.

== Christian faith vs. defeatism and acceptance of sexual sin ==

== Christian faith vs. defeatism and acceptance of sexual sin ==

Peter LaBarbera's statement above concerning  [[Overcoming Homosexuality|overcoming homosexuality]] certainly has some evidence supporting it.  For example, in 1980 a study was published in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' and eleven men participated in this study.  The study reported 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>

Peter LaBarbera's statement above concerning  [[Overcoming Homosexuality|overcoming homosexuality]] certainly has some evidence supporting it.  For example, in 1980 a study was published in the ''American Journal of Psychiatry'' and eleven men participated in this study.  The study reported 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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