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from Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
June 7, 2004
For more information, contact:
Dr. A. Dean Byrd, 818.789.4440
Email: info@narth.com
NARTH Concerned Over New Sexual Alliance
Encino, California -- The president of
the National Association for Research and
Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) expressed
concern today over a newly-announced alliance
between the National Gay and Lesbian Task
Force and the Woodhull Freedom Foundation. "I
am troubled that this new alliance signals an
all-out assault on age of consent laws
governing sexual behaviors between teenagers
who believe they are homosexual," said NARTH
President Joseph Nicolosi today. "If this
alliance is successful in overturning state
laws dealing with sex between minors, we will
see a tragic increase in children with sexual
dysfunctions. I am especially concerned about
the threat this poses to sexually confused
teens."
Dr. Nicolosi is reacting to news that the
NGLTF has joined with the Woodhull Freedom
Foundation to examine what these groups
describe as "archaic" laws dealing with sex
between teenagers as well as laws prohibiting
public sex between consenting adults. Both
groups are vowing to fight to overturn laws
they believe violate personal sexual freedom.
"These organizations are also vowing to fight
laws dealing with public sex--such as
encounters in public restrooms," said
Nicolosi. "This effort does not bode well for
those of us who believe that public restrooms
should be places where we can safely take our
children--not as places where gays can gather
to engage in anonymous and potentially deadly
sex acts."
Nicolosi expressed shock at this
newly-announced effort by homosexuals and
sexual freedom advocates. "The NGLTF and
Woodhull Freedom Foundation are deliberately
pushing the envelope on sexual behaviors that
most Americans still consider to be
abhorrent. Both sex with children and sex
acts in public restrooms should be beyond the
realm of discussion but not apparently for
these groups."
Nicolosi noted that the Woodhull Freedom
Foundation's web site calls for the
"decriminalization of safe and consensual
alternative sexual expression, including
public sex and sex work [legalized
prostitution]" and is also working to
eliminate abstinence-only sex education in
our nation's public schools.
Dr. Nicolosi is available for media
interviews. Call 818.789.4440 to set up an
interview.
NARTH, founded in 1992, is composed of psychiatrists, psychologists, certified social workers, professional and pastoral counselors and other behavioral scientists, as well as laymen from a wide variety of backgrounds such as law, religion, and education.
NARTH
307 West 200 South, Suite 3001
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
1-888-364-4744
Email: info@narth.com
Updated: 17 April 2009
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