"Conversion therapy" is a crock of not horse shot, but cat shit. As everyone knows, there ain't nothin' meaner than cat shit. The Creator created us all to be all as perfect; be it gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, transgendered, or questioning. The way I see it, the only thing that God wants from us is to he good-natured people, and to treat ourselves, one another, and the planet with love, respect, and an open heart. These people who are going through this "conversion therapy" most likely feel tremendous negative peer pressure for being gay, and they feel that life will be easier if they pretend to be or convince themselves and some others that they are like the majority of other people. However, life being "easier" in this sort of case is really a relative term.
When I was in high school I mostly said that I was straight. To those that I did "come out" to, I claimed bisexuality; that way I hoped that I would be deemed as "halfway acceptable or normal." As time went on, however, and my priorities shifted, I realized that the most difficult part of my situation had become not being true to myself and lying to everyone around me; keeping up the "straight" facade. I also realized that by doing so, I wasn't honoring God, or myself, or my friends and family. I felt it was better to risk being looked down upon for who I really am than to be "accepted" for something that I most definitely am not.
That being said (or written), each person must find their own truth; even if, in the case of the "converts", it is misguided and contradictory to their inner nature. God doesn't "want" for us to be straight. That's a condition that power-hungry dictators (i.e the Catholic, Mormon, Muslim, and Christian churches, etc.) have attempted to force upon its followers, to shape their ideas of the "ideal human." Does anybody sense tones of Nazism?
I think that it's crazy for people to think that it's a "sin" to love someone, simply for the fact that they are not of the opposite sex. God *is* love! So in loving others (no matter the orientation of that love), we are sharing the Creator's light with one another. How can that be bad when it's between LGBTQ folks, and how can it be limited to heterosexual relationships? God doesn't prefer straight people over those who aren't. If we are all made in the likeness of God (and that doesn't necessarily mean in the physical aspect) and God is truly in us, as us, through us, as I believe, then we are all beautiful and perfect reflections of that Divine Source. That doesn't mean "with the exception of those dirty queers." We don't need to "convert" to become children of God, because we already are! We are good enough. We are strong enough. And so it is!
