Debate at Houses of Parliament, London, UK, to advance professional care for people who don't want the homo attractions they sometimes experience

If a person finds feelings of attractions to another person/s if the same-sex, shoud the therapy organizations with the enforcement of government be able to prevent such therapies from taking place? Yes, say some.  No one was a right to have such feelings and not want them.  No, say others.  A person can by annoyed or severely disturbed by the recurrence of such feelings, not least of all having become aware of them after years of marriage and sharing the raising of children.  If one party to the marriage insists there is nothing to do but break-up the marriage, then the other parent and the children woud seem to have no say in the matter.  But that's putting the cart before the horse.  What if there is no marriage?  No children?  Does a single person have the mere right to want to change these attractions and any desires that come with them?  Can medical professionals and other counsellors to persons having these feelings, attractions, desires determine absolutely what nature brings to a person's consciousness?  Can a person assert an interest over against nature in order to prevail over what seems to be its intentions for them?  What is the legitimacy of medicos, psychiatrists, psychologists, psycotherapists, lay counsellors with training and experience in offering to try to help individuals who want to ameliorate these unwanted feelings?  What is the legitimacy of professional associations in trying to block trained and certified professonals who offer to help as best they can persons who suffer from such unwanted feelings?  How are the issues of personal freedom best formulated so that all parties to these debates and issues have a common rule of law to which they can have recourse with a reasonable hope of basic fairness?

— Albert Gedraitis

January 30, event, London, England UK:

Crucial debate on therapy for 

unwanted same-sex attraction

Please join us on Wednesday (30 January, 2013) at a debate in the Houses of Parliament on the 

legitimacy and freedom to offer therapy 

for those with unwanted feelings of same-sex attraction.

The debate is so important because at stake is the freedom of people to choose to have this kind of therapy if they want it.

Your attendance at the debate, if you can make it, will be much appreciated.

The debate is being held ahead of an inquiry into a complaint against Dr Mike Davidson, a strong supporter of change therapy for people suffering with unwanted feelings of same-sex attraction. However, many professional bodies are banning such therapies.

Peter Tatchell and Professor Michael King will be taking part in the debate. Peter Tatchell and Professor King are well known advocates for gay rights.

The event runs from 10.30am to noon and will take place in 

Committee Room 11, 

Houses of Parliament, 

Westminster, London, England,

UK.

Speakers:

Prof Michael King (Dir, Mental Health Sciences Unit, University College London)

Mr Peter Tatchell (Human Rights Campaigner/Advocate) 

Dr Joseph Berger (Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Canada)

Dr Mike Davidson (Director, Core Issues Trust)

You need to register for this event. 

To do so, please email: peter.mcilvenna@christianconcern.com 

or call Peter on 07546 497 790.