"Ex-Gays" And Conservative Groups Push To Spread Gay "Conversion Therapy" In Public Schools...

"Ex-Gays" And Conservative Groups Push To Spread Gay "Conversion Therapy" In Public Schools...

Over the last decade, gay-rights activists have pushed programs to support gay and lesbian students in public schools. Their success is striking:

More than 3,000 Gay-Straight Alliance clubs meet across the country. Nearly half a million students take a vow of silence one day each spring in an annual event to support gay rights. California may soon require textbooks to feature the contributions of gays and lesbians throughout history.

Critics, mostly on the religious right, view all this as promoting the "homosexual lifestyle." Unable to stop it, they have turned to a new strategy: demanding equal time for their view in public schools and on college campuses.

Conservative Christians and Jews have teamed up with men and women who call themselves "ex-gay" to lobby -- and even sue -- for the right to tell teenagers that they can "heal" themselves of unwanted same-sex attractions.

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