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And the fact it is considered not: Wrong.

The APA and the American Psychiatric Association are the organizations that "Affirmed" homosexuality as not being a mental illness using poor and contradictory methods to reach this conclusion, but they are wrong in their methodology. Examples:

"It should be noted that the American Psychiatric Association does not consider pedophilia in itself as a mental disorder either. After discussing the ways that a pedophile could disclose “intense sexual interest in children,” they write:

If individuals also complain that their sexual attractions or preferences for children are causing psychosocial difficulties, they may be diagnosed with pedophilic disorder. However, if they report an absence of feelings of guilt, shame, or anxiety about these impulses and are not functionally limited by their paraphilic impulses (according to self-report, objective assessment, or both), and their self-reported and legally recorded histories indicate that they have never acted on their impulses, then these individuals have a pedophilic sexual orientation but not pedophilic disorder. (American Psychiatric Association 2013, 698)"

"Again, sexual fantasies and “intense sexual attractions” occur in the form of thought, so a 54-year-old man who has “an intense sexual interest” in children thinks repetitively about children in order to stimulate himself to orgasm. That person's thoughts, according to the American Psychiatric Association, are not disordered."

"It is alarming that a sadistic or pedophilic fantasy could be considered not to meet the criteria for a mental disorder"

Now, the sexual content:

"The mental orderliness of a sexual behavior could be (at least in part) determined from the physical orderliness of the sexual behavior. So, in regard to men who have sex with men, the physical trauma caused by penile-anal intercourse is a physical disorder; penile-anal intercourse almost always results in a physically disordered state in the anorectal area (and possibly the penile area of the inserter as well):

The optimal state of health of the anus requires the integrity of the skin, which acts as the primary protection against invasive pathogens … Failure of the mucous complex to protect the rectum is seen in various diseases contracted through anal intercourse. The act of intercourse abrades the mucous lining and delivers pathogens directly to the crypt and columnar cells allowing for easy entry … The mechanics of anoreceptive intercourse, as compared to vaginal intercourse, almost demands denuding of the protecting cellular and mucous protection of the anus and rectum. (Whitlow et al. 2011, 295–6, emphasis added)

It seems that the information in the previous paragraph is established as a solid scientific fact; it seems that a researcher, practitioner, psychiatrist, or psychologist would have to be ignorant or negligent to deny that fact.

So, one sign or indicator of whether a sexual behavior is normal or disordered could be whether or not it physically harms one or both people. It seems to be clear that penile-anal intercourse is physically disordered and it causes physical harm as well. Since many men who have sex with men desire to perform those physically disordered actions, it seems to follow that the desire to engage in such actions is disordered. Since desires occur at the “mental” or “thought” level, it follows that such male homosexual desires are mentally disordered."

"Furthermore, the body has within it various types of fluids. Those fluids are “physical,” and they have proper physical functions (again, that is simply a reality of medicine or health—the fluids in the human body have proper functions). Saliva, plasma, interstitial fluids, and tears all have proper functions. For example, one proper function of plasma is to transport blood cells and nutrients to other parts of the body."

"Semen is a male bodily fluid, and hence (unless one arbitrarily applies one's own rules to the field of medicine) semen has a proper physical function (or multiple proper functions) as well. Semen typically has within it many cells, known as spermatozoa, and those cells have a proper location to be transported to—the cervical area of the woman. A physically ordered sexual act of a male, then, would be one in which the semen physically functions properly. Hence, another criteria for a normal or “ordered” sexual behavior is one in which the semen functions properly by delivering spermatozoa to the female's cervical area."

"One cannot conclude (with Alfred Kinsey) that a human behavior is normal simply because it is more common than previously assumed—otherwise all human behaviors, including serial killing, would have to be considered normal."

"One cannot conclude (with C.S. Ford and Frank A. Beach) that there is “nothing unnatural” about a behavior simply because it is observed in both humans and animals—otherwise cannibalism would have to be considered to be natural. Most importantly, One cannot conclude (with Evelyn Hooker, John C. Gonsiorek, the APA, the American Psychiatric Association, and others) that a mental condition is not disordered because it does not result in “maladjustment,” distress, or impairment in social functioning—otherwise, many mental disorders would have to be labeled erroneously as normal. The conclusions arrived at in the cited literature are not supported by the premises proposed to be scientific fact; the faulty works cannot be considered credible sources."

"It is always best to give others “the benefit of the doubt.” Maybe the APA and the American Psychiatric Association accidentally made catastrophic logical mistakes in the literature they cite as evidence supporting the claim that homosexuality (and other sexual deviances) is not a mental disorder; that scenario is quite possible. Still, one should not be naïve and ignore the potential for powerful organizations to perform advocacy science. There are major inconsistencies in logic as well as arbitrary applications of certain principles by those upheld as “authoritative” in identifying and diagnosing mental disorders. The present summary and analysis in this paper of the literature put forth as “rigorous” and “significant” empirical evidence uncovers major deficiencies—irrelevant, outdated, and absurd literature—and calls into question the credibility of the APA and the American Psychiatric Association's discussion and identification of sexual disorders. Indeed, suspect anecdotes and antiquated data have been used in the debates surrounding homosexuality, but the evidence shows that even the authoritative sources on mental disorders are guilty of those charges."

Homosexuality is a mental illness. Case closed.

This one goes out to :iconkajm: and :iconlady-warrior:. Lady warrior for pointing out one of the articles and Kajm for this involves climate change.

You know that little part of the constitution? You know the one where it says there say be no establishment of a main religion and church and sate shall remain separate? Apparently Muscums didn't get the memo that it includes them and the separation of Mosque and state.

So anyway a disgruntled bunch of concerned parents have got concerned about what their kids are learning. For example the pages of the history book has some parts of history edited or omitted.For example it categorizes America as a Democracy instead of a constitutional Republic. It lists Humans as being directly involved in climate change and the most disturbing is how it handles Islam.

For example in they claim the book praises Islam over Christianity and even other religions. For example the crusades are depicted as they are normally; a bloody conquest into the Middle East filled with rape and murder and all sorts of other fun things and goodies. On the flip-side however, Jihad is taken is a less violent voice. It is described as a "Spiritual struggle against oneself, in order to overcome obstacles. Not a holy war."

The group is also pissed of the distortion of facts. For instance Israel is put out to be the aggressor. For example it describes the U.S forcing Israel to withdraw from the Suez canal to end the "Invasion." Painting the picture that Israel was the aggressor when in reality is gave up that land willingly. It also states that it "prods" Israel to be part of the peace process, setting the image that Israel is the problem with the process.

They were at least able to get the climate change out of the school books: "And as of yesterday, the last publisher agreed. So climate change denial is out of the textbooks."

The battle continued before the board on Tuesday. Texas Eagle Forum vice president MerryLynn Gerstenschlager suggested promoting climate change was part of a United Nations agenda, claiming, "The climate change debate is not about saving the planet, but about the redistribution of wealth."

However things go farther than the textbook. Recently in the story given to me by :iconlady-warrior: a group of parents received an ultimatum from the school, They have to send their children on a field trip on a "cultural tolerance lesson" on Islam or their kids will be pegged as racist. A tough demand given the kids are EIGHT YEARS OLD. So now they have to learn about Islam or else they are an evil racist and we can't have that. Forget that Islam isn't even a race. Why get stuck on little details like that?

"Community School were outraged after they found out that if their children decided not to attend a controversial field trip, they would be officially deemed racist. The trip was to a religious workshop about the Muslim faith, and administration warned that a “racial discrimination note” would be added to the students’ school records, should they fail to join.

And of course the parents themselves have to pay for this shit.

“I was shocked by the letter. To be told my kids have got to attend this workshop is disgusting,” said Tracy Ward, a mother of four. “Everyone should have a choice but that’s my opinion and I don’t want a stain on my kids’ record as a result.

“To be told we had to pay for the trip as well was just a kick in the teeth,” added another parent. “How dare they threaten to brand the children racist at such a young age. It’s going to make them feel like little criminals.”

Afraid of the disturbance they’d caused, the school quickly retracted their statement, saying instead that it was “important for children to learn about cultures and religions other than their own.”

Bullshit. It's one thing to be multi-culti. It's another to say we must be tolerant so cough up some dough so we can indoctrinate your kids and if you don't it must be because you're a racist. You know they are supposed to harsh on religion in school for a reason. I'm going to be straight here. Children are idgets. There's no other way to say it. They are idgets.

If a teacher gets in the front of the class, drops the holy Koran on their desk and announces that we are learning about the holy Koran guess what's going to happen. The kids are going to go home and tell their parents what they learned from allah, their magical sky-friend. This the reason for the separation. So that your kids are not indoctrinated in one religion.

And if you think that's bad there was a "quiz" on Islam given in a North Carolina school. Just for fun I shall post it for you and you can answer it for fun if you so choose ;P . Post your answers in the comments if you want and I'll tell you your grade. Let's begin shall we.

1. Islam at its heart is a _________ religion.

2. Most Muslims ________ is stronger than the average Christians.

3. In the 70s and 80s Islam returned as a political force with both a _________ and ________.

4. ______________ are _________ to western civilizations _________ and ______________.

5. Muslim _______ are rising in ___________ and _____________.

6. __________ is compatible with western civilization and democracy.

7. In order to stop terrorism we need to ___________ and avoid _____________.

8. No where in the ________ does it say to martyr yourself with a _____________.

9. Experts say it will become the __________ religion in the world someday.

10. ________: a __________ waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; it entails self and spiritual discipline.

11. The majority of Muscums ______________

Links: http://americannews.com/school-filing-racial-discrimination-against-students-who-refuse-muslim-education/, http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2014/11/18/battle-over-textbooks/19246779/, http://www.bizpacreview.com/2014/11/13/mom-outraged-at-sons-hs-propaganda-most-muslims-faith-is-stronger-than-christians-158621