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Restoring Sexual Identity offers answers to the most commonly asked questions from both homosexuals desiring change and friends and relatives of women struggling with same–sex attraction. Is lesbianism an in… More >>
Restoring Sexual Identity: Hope for Women Who Struggle with Same-Sex Attraction
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Now, let me get this “straight”: We’re supposed to give credence to the wife of the founder of Exodus International, who, two years after appearing on the cover of Newsweek as the poster boy for “ex-gay” movement, was discovered chatting up another man in a Washington, D.C., gay bar?
Don’t take my word for it — ask Wayne Besen, who recounts the incident (and who photographed Paulk at the bar) in his book, “Anything But Straight: Unmasking The Scandals And Lies Behind The Ex-Gay Myth” (ISBN: 1560234466, available on Amazon.com).
“I have never,” Besen told the Guardian (UK) in 2004, “met a single person I believe has changed. I’ve met a few people who’ve changed their behaviour – but not their orientation. The founder of every single ex-gay ministry has failed. All of them have failed.”
By the way, when is somebody going to ask Anne Paulk herself why she and her husband left Love in Action in 1993 to deal with (as one observer noted) “unspecified personal problems”? Let’s see how dedicated the Paulks really are to coming “clean” about their personal lives.
It would easy enough to attack this book (and its author) as the worst the Homophobic-Fear-Mongering Movement has to offer — but that would be far too easy. Instead, I ask _thinking_ people — Christians, heterosexuals, and misguided self-loathing lesbians and gay men alike — to use the brains God gave them and judge for themselves the “success” rate of the Paulks and others like them.
And I thought Christians believed that whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life — and that God loves you for exactly who you are… even if you don’t have the good sense to love YOURSELF as God intended.
Sadly, that’s just lip service for some “Christians.”
Rating: 1 / 5
If you are looking for a resource based on current psychological research on homosexuality, you should be aware that this book is totally incompatible with responsible science. It is the work of an affiliate of a far-right evangelical Christian group, Exodus International, whose orientation is theological rather than scientific (they hold that homosexuality is a ‘disease’ and can be ‘cured’ through Christianity – a view rejected by, among others, the American Psychological Association). If that’s what you’re looking for then you should enjoy and appreciate this book; however, I for one find it really offensive when people like this author try to hide a religious agenda behind pseudoscience.
Rating: 1 / 5
A wonderful review of the complex creature that is woman and the steps to take for women who desire to walk away from homosexuality.
Rating: 5 / 5
this type of literature hurts people and leads people to commit suicide because they can’t “overcome” their homosexual inclinations.
being gay is not a curse and there is no “cure.”
Rating: 1 / 5
I read Anne Paulk’s wonderful book over a year ago to evaluate it as a possible resource for a recovery group for women struggling with same-sex attraction. I was quite impressed with what I read then and I still feel the same. We have desperately needed a resource such as this. Years ago, when I was struggling and in therapy, all I had was Leanne Payne’s “The Broken Image.” It helped, and I very much believe in the power of prayer to help heal the brokenness of homosexuality. But this book is extremely accessible and well-written. The survey, itself, is worth the price of the book.
Frankly, I give a hat tip to any layperson who can write like Anne Paulk does. I am a firm believer in peer support for those desiring to overcome same-sex attraction. The safe, ideal place for this kind of support is within our churches. It is a function of discipleship, although we seem to have forgotten that in our quest for scientific validation of our counseling methods. The Bible validates quite nicely, thank you. Science is God revealed. Compassion is helping others to see Him.
I cannot yet compare this book to Janelle Hallman’s “The Heart of Female Same-Sex Attraction,” but I do plan to read that one, as well. One thing that disturbs me about Hallman’s approach is the appearance (gleaned from articles I have read by her and about her) of affirming women who decide to maintain their lesbian identity. This sounds a bit fishy and unhealthy to me.
As for the gay activists posing as reviewers here who diss Anne merely because she is married to John Paulk and obviously have not read her book … what childishness! Certainly lends credence to Elizabeth Moberly’s classic assertions that homosexuals are stuck in adolescence, developmentally speaking.
Rating: 5 / 5