"top US psychologists" bshoc, you're full of shit.
“Various professional organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychiatric Association, American Psychological Association, and the National Association of Social Workers have stated that a person's sexual orientation cannot be changed by reparative therapy. 1,2
The one exception is the very small group: National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH). NARTH was founded in 1992 as a "non-profit, educational organization dedicated to the research, therapy and prevention of homosexuality." It currently consists of "more than 1,000 mental-health professionals." -- fewer than 1% of the therapists who belong to either of the APA's. 3,4 NARTH strongly advocates the use of reparative therapy, believing it to be very effective and safe. They regard homosexual behavior as a treatable disorder.”
“For their annual conference in 2000-MAY, the American Psychiatric Association had scheduled a panel discussion to debate whether there is any hard evidence that an adult's sexual orientation can be altered through reparative therapy. Dr. Robert Spitzer was scheduled to be the moderator. Two psychiatrists withdrew from the panel, stating that the topic is too politically charged to permit scientific discussion. The debate was then cancelled. According to the APA: "The doctors who were to debate on the topic decided there was not enough scientific information to have a proper debate. They felt that any debate would turn into a political debate and not a true scientific debate. While there is information on reorientation therapy, there have been no controlled research studies."”
“Before the scheduled debate, Dr. Spitzer had decided to conduct a study of "ex-gays" and "ex-lesbians," These are individuals who:
Had once identified themselves as homosexuals.
Had attempted to change their sexual orientation by:
either engaging in reparative therapy with a therapist, or
through spiritual counseling from a conservative Christian transformational ministry.
Now consider themselves to be heterosexual. Almost all are Evangelical Christians.”
Secondly, if we're going to talk about the safety of ART (assisted reproductive therapies), artificial insemination has a much lower chance of causing mutations that IVF, so don't bother implying that it's somehow heaps safer for straight couples to undergo IVF than it is for gay people to do AI.
Homosexuality is not a "disease". A disease, by definition, is any condition which impairs the normal functioning of the body. Homosexuality does not in any way do this.
ssheppard, maybe as a Christian you should be questioning the bigoted views of your religion and think about what you really believe. I think that if there were to be a god, they wouldn't mind if someone was gay or straight. After all, the belief is that god made everyone. Why would god make a person gay if it was a bad thing?