Saturday, December 10, 2005

Homophobia is a Mental Illness. Fundamentalists are Homophobes. Fundamentalism = Insanity. That's Just Good Math!

The 48-year-old man turned down a job because he feared that a co-worker would be gay. He was upset that gay culture was becoming mainstream and blamed most of his personal, professional and emotional problems on the gay and lesbian movement.

These fixations preoccupied him every day. Articles in magazines about gays made him agitated. He confessed that his fears had left him socially isolated and unemployed for years: A recovering alcoholic, the man even avoided 12-step meetings out of fear he might encounter a gay person.

"They are delusional," said Alvin F. Poussaint, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, who has long advocated such a diagnosis. "They imagine people are going to do all kinds of bad things and hurt them, and feel they have to do something to protect themselves.

"When they reach that stage, they are very impaired," he said. "They can't work and function; they can't hold a job. They would benefit from treatment of some type, particularly medication."

See? You don't need Jesus! You just need more medication!

Alright I noticed that the research was a little spotty, but I really want this to be true! Come on the idea that super religious people are mentally impaired is really attractive to me! I am going to choose to believe this until somebody shows me definitive research which proves this is incorrect.

See, I am a believer!

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