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 A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional Thursday, saying the day amounts to a call for religious action.

 

 

Christopher Hitchens and Tony Perkins debate the subject on Anderson Cooper’s CNN talk show:

 

 

Perkins is right. The historical precedent, beginning with our Founding Fathers, should make it abundantly clear as to how the First Amendment should be interpreted. This is also not a case a Wisconsin district judge should be settling. America used to be a land where democratically-elected representatives wrote the laws. No longer. It is increasingly becoming clear that judges, appointed for life, are far more important in setting our nation’s course than our elected representatives.

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Dr. Francis Collins, former Director of the Genome Project, has stated that while homosexuality may be genetically influenced, it is “… not hardwired by DNA, and that whatever genes are involved represent predispositions, not predeterminations.” He also states [that] “…the prominent role[s] of individual free will choices [has] a profound effect on us.” 6

 

The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH) recently released a landmark survey and analysis of 125 years of scientific studies and clinical experience dealing with homosexuality. This report, What Research Shows, draws three major conclusions: (1) individuals with unwanted same sex attraction often can be successfully treated; (2) there is no undue risk to patients from embarking on such therapy and (3), as a group, homosexuals experience significantly higher levels of mental and physical health problems compared to heterosexuals. Among adolescents who claim a “gay” identity, the health risks include higher rates of sexually transmitted infections, alcoholism, substance abuse, anxiety, depression and suicide. Encouragingly, the longer students delay self-labeling as “gay,” the less likely they are to experience these health risks. In fact, for each year an adolescent delays, the risk of suicide alone decreases by 20%.7

 

In light of these facts, it is clear that when well-intentioned but misinformed school personnel encourage students to “come out as gay” and be “affirmed,” 8 there is a serious risk of erroneously labeling students (who may merely be experiencing transient sexual confusion and/or engaging in sexual experimentation). Premature labeling may then lead some adolescents into harmful homosexual behaviors that they otherwise would not pursue.

 

More and more research is highlighting this simple fact: sexual orientation is not “hardwired” by one’s DNA. Unfortunately, many will be closed-minded towards this scientific data and blind towards the thousands of homosexuals who have successfully opted out of the lifestyle and now identify themselves as heterosexual. 

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