Tuesday, July 9, 2019

Ex-gays petition Amazon to stop banning books that help with unwanted same-sex attraction


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July 8, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – After Amazon knuckled under pressure from LGBT activists to ban books offering help to those dealing with unwanted same-sex attraction, former gays launched a petition demanding the online retailer reverse its decision.  
Amazon recently removed several books in response to a Change.org petition that mislabeled all materials dealing with leaving the practice of active homosexuality as destructive “conversion therapy.”   
Those who have left homosexuality and now live chaste single lives or who have gone on to marry and form a family with a member of the opposite sex see a different motive behind Amazon’s action. It is an attempt to silence all the voices of those who have found new life and freedom not through “conversion therapy,” but through conversion to Jesus Christ, a distinction that seems lost on LGBT activists.
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Here are the books known to have been banned by Amazon, which former gays and lesbians are demanding be restored:   
  • Shame and Attachment Loss: The Practical Work of Reparative Therapy, by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi;
  • Restoring Sexual Identity: Hope for Women Who Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction, by Anne Paulk;
  • The Battle for Normality: A Guide for (Self-)Therapy for Homosexuality, by Dr. Gerard J. M. Van Den Aardweg;
  • Healing Homosexuality: Case Stories of Reparative Therapy, by Lucy Freeman and Dr. Joseph Nicolosi;
  • Coming Out Straight: Understanding Same-Sex Attraction, by Richard Cohen;
  • Growth into Manhood: Resuming the Journey, by Alan Medinger;
  • A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality, by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi and Linda Nicolosi;
  • Reparative therapy of male homosexuality: A new clinical approach, by Dr. Joseph Nicolosi;
  • Straight Talk about Homosexuality: The Other Side of Tolerance, by Richard Cohen;
  • Desires in Conflict: Hope for Men Who Struggle with Sexual Identity, by Joe Dallas;
  • Orientation and Choice: One Man's Sexual Journey, by David A. Robinson
The petition demanding that Amazon reverse its decision to ban books that aim to help those with unwanted same-sex attraction can be found here.

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