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Twenty-seven states and Washington‚ D.C.‚ have banned efforts to change sexual orientation‚ commonly but mistakenly referred to as “conversion therapy‚” for minors on the premise that therapies seeking to mitigate or resolve unwanted same-sex attraction are inherently harmful and increase the risk of suicide. Father Paul Sullins‚ a Roman Catholic priest‚ senior research associate at The Ruth Institute‚ and former sociology professor at Catholic University‚ found that the opposite is true‚ however. Not only is there no evidence that efforts to change sexual orientation‚ which Sullins refers to by the acronym SOCE‚ increase the risk of suicide among those who identify as lesbian‚ gay‚ or bisexual. There also is evidence that such efforts actually decrease the risk of suicide or thoughts of suicide among them. “What we’re left with is a situation where we’re being fed a lie that somehow attempting to change sexual orientation is going to fail all the time and it’s going to cause harm‚ and the truth is just the opposite‚” Sullins tells “The Daily Signal Podcast.” Sullins analyzed the data from a study conducted in 2020 by University of Southern California health researcher John Blosnich. The study‚ “Sexual Orientation Change Efforts‚ Adverse Childhood Experiences‚ and Suicide Ideation and Attempt Among Sexual Minority Adults‚ United States‚ 2016–2018‚” published in the American Journal of Public Health‚ used data collected by the Gallup Organization. Gallup called over 330‚000 Americans to screen about 3‚000 who identified as LGB and then collected 1‚500 interviews on the issue‚ yielding what Sullins described as “very precise data on this particular question.” “With that data‚ they correlated the amount of suicide ideation—thinking about suicide and other suicidal behaviors‚” such as making a plan to commit suicide or suicide attempts‚ Sullins explains. “They correlated those with whether a person had ever been to SOCE and found that person who had been to SOCI had over twice the rate of suicidal thoughts and were 1 .7 times as likely to attempt suicide.” “On the basis of this‚ calls for banning SOCE were moved forward‚ and we got into the situation we’re in today‚” the sociologist explains. Yet it seems the researchers made an elementary mistake in analyzing the data; Sullins caught the mistake because Blosnich and his colleagues published the interviews along with the study. “I got the data and looked at it and I found that they had ignored one very crucial question‚ which was‚ ‘When did you think about suicide?'” Sullins recalls. When he read the interviews‚ he looked to see “whether the suicide activity happened before or after the person went to SOCE‚ and what I found‚ somewhat to my surprise‚ was that most of the suicidal behavior happened before the person ever went to SOCE. Two-thirds of the thoughts of suicide happened before they ever went to SOCE.” “Now‚ you know‚ it’s logical that if someone engages in a behavior and then goes through an experience‚ later‚ that that experience could not have caused that preexisting behavior‚” Sullins explains. “Things don’t work backward in the space-time continuum.” “So I published a firm rebuttal to that study finding not only that did SOCE not increase suicidal behavior‚ it decreased it‚” he says. Critics attempted to silence his study’s findings. “Even if my study was true‚ they claimed it was unethical to publish it because it implied that somehow people needed to be fixed‚ and it would impede the cause of gay rights‚” Sullins says. Although Sullins is Roman Catholic and believes same-sex activity to be sinful‚ he says he doesn’t encourage lesbians‚ gays‚ or bisexuals to try to change their sexual orientation unless they feel uncomfortable about that orientation. He says that sexual orientation change efforts don’t always work‚ but his studies find that they do succeed‚ to some degree. “I’ve done other studies that show that when people attempt to change sexual orientation‚ it is fully successful in my studies about 17 to 20% of the time‚” he recalls. “Most persons who undergo it‚ meaning about 60 to 65%‚ report that they are less caught up in homosexual attractions and behaviors and activity.” Sullins noted that about 30% of the 1‚500 lesbians‚ gays‚ and bisexuals in Blosnich’s study said that they have tried to change their sexual orientation‚ and about 10% said‚ “If I could be completely heterosexual‚ I would want to do that.” “So there is a minority of the gay population who wants to change‚ is not happy with living the way that they’re living‚ however you want to say that‚ and wants to change‚” Sullins notes. “Those are the ones who ought to have the option for counseling and therapy if they want it.” Sullins-2022-vs-Blosnich-2020-Do-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-SOCE-increase-suicidal-risk-for-sexual-minorities-an-exchangeDownload The sociologist also says that his studies show sexual attraction is variable and complex. “If you measure those things separately‚ you’ll find that across the range of humans‚ variation‚ there are a number of people who have moderate to high levels of same-sex attraction and moderate to high levels of opposite-sex attraction that coexist‚” he explains. “What often happens when persons go through SOCE or attempt to what we call change their sexual orientation is that—not so much that the same sex attractions diminish‚ that can happen—but it’s much more common that those don’t diminish or diminish very much‚ but the opposite-sex attractions become more salient and a person is able then to live more out of their opposite-sex-attracted side‚ we might say‚ than the same-sex-attracted side‚” Sullins says. The sociologist goes on to describe how some in the scientific community have attempted to stifle his research. “In a way‚ I find it an encouragement and a compliment when a study of mine is being suppressed‚” he says. “Because if they had an argument against what I was publishing‚ if they found a flaw in it‚ they would make that note. But the fact [is] that they don’t do that‚ instead they want to suppress citations‚ as you can do in the scholarly world‚ or they want to make sure it doesn’t get published in journals that are read more widely.” Sullins also describes having a venue cancel a presentation on his research. “When they canceled like that‚ it says to me that they don’t really have an argument on the other side‚” he says. “They want to control us by censorship and by controlling the way that we think. Well‚ as an American‚ I don’t take well to that kind of control.” Listen to the podcast interview with Sullins below. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post New Research on ‘Conversion Therapy’ Turns LGBTQ Narrative on Its Head appeared first on The Daily Signal.

This week‚ three American soldiers died at the hands of an Iranian proxy group that used a drone to strike an American base in Jordan. The Biden administration immediately leapt into action by issuing a strongly worded statement‚ while simultaneously proclaiming that it wanted to avoid escalation. Which‚ of course‚ is precisely the wrong thing to do when faced with aggression from a smaller‚ hostile adversary. The right thing to do? Punch it in the mouth hard enough to deter further aggression. That is something former President Donald Trump knew innately. On Dec. 31‚ 2019‚ Iranian-backed proxy groups stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Iraq‚ killing a U.S. contractor. “Iran is orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq‚” Trump tweeted. “They will be held fully responsible.” On Jan. 2‚ 2020‚ the defense secretary said there were “indications” that Iran was planning “additional attacks” on American targets. On Jan. 3‚ 2020‚ the U.S. military killed Iran’s top terrorist commander‚ Qassem Soleimani. This led to teeth-gnashing from the American Left‚ which declared such an activity a major escalation. Iran blustered that the assassination was “tantamount to opening a war against Iran.” Trump then threatened‚ “Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans‚ or American assets‚ we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago)‚ some at a very high level &; important to Iran &; the Iranian culture‚ and those targets‚ and Iran itself‚ WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD.” Iran fired some missiles at some empty sites. That was the end of that particular exchange. It turns out that if there is one party in the Middle East that wants a U.S.-Iran war less than the United States‚ it is Iran. Which is how deterrence works. That’s what makes it so absurd that the Biden White House’s first Middle Eastern goal upon taking office was to destroy deterrence against Iran. The White House first declared itself in opposition to the Saudi regime‚ chiding Mohammed bin Salman over human rights violations; the White House removed the Iranian-backed Houthis from the terror list; the White House tried to reopen Iranian nuclear talks. Despite the White House’s idiocy‚ Sunni-Israeli peace seemed to be in the offing. In fact‚ as a result of the White House’s idiocy‚ Saudi Arabia had drawn closer to Israel than ever before as a defensive measure against a resurgent Iran. So Iran acted. Iran acted knowing that the Biden administration is cowardly in its approach to foreign affairs—that it’s willing to slow-walk aid to American allies under pressure but unwilling to countenance the credible threats of military force by which deterrence is established. And now the Biden administration continues to vacillate. After spending the months since Oct. 7 repeating ad nauseam an admonition to Iran not to escalate its violence—”Don’t!” every Biden official‚ including President Joe Biden himself‚ has repeated—Iran has indeed escalated its violence. It turns out that saying “Don’t” to aggressive foreign powers isn’t nearly as effective as saying “Don’t‚ or you may not be breathing tomorrow.” Napoleon Bonaparte once supposedly stated that his military policy was an “iron hand in a velvet glove.” When the iron hand disappears‚ replaced with fluff‚ there isn’t much for Iran to fear. And in an election year in which the president deeply fears a further conflict with Iran‚ Iran isn’t the party being deterred. America is‚ at the cost of American lives. COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM. The Daily Signal publishes a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Heritage Foundation. Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com‚ and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state. The post Weakness Breeds Aggression appeared first on The Daily Signal.

In 2007‚ Alex Collier said that he was taken by aliens and spent almost three months on a huge alien mothership‚ while only 18 minutes passed on Earth during this time. Collier was a former US Army pilot and may have been one of the first US military personnel to go public with his UFO and/or alien sightings. According to Collier‚ it happened in 1989 while he was in an undisclosed location in a corn field. He was tired and fell asleep right on the field‚ and when he woke up‚ he found himself on board an alien ship. It was lying on the table. “As I lay on this table‚ there was a ‘man’ who was very tall‚ maybe seven feet tall‚ with pale blue skin and was physically flawless. All I could tell you was that I recognized these men right away‚ had no fear‚ and instantly adored them.” He lived there for almost three months and says that on this ship were the so-called Andromedans‚ inhabitants of the Andromeda galaxy. This galaxy is 740-830 kiloparsecs distant from our Milky Way galaxy. Alex Collier “During these three months‚ I had the opportunity to learn about their society and observe them‚ and I was also a little like a fish in an aquarium‚ because many of them themselves observed me and listened to my thoughts. At that time‚ they taught their children information about our world‚” says Collier. According to Collier‚ the Andromedan ship was truly huge‚ approximately 800 miles in diameter. At the same time‚ it “intersected in different dimensions.” Koller had difficulty explaining what this meant: “The outside of the physical ship stretched for 800 miles‚ and this was due to the physical laws of the dimension in which it is located. Inside it‚ other physical laws were in effect … the minute you stepped over its threshold‚ you found yourself in another dimension‚ and your physical shell has undergone changes. “They gave me a belt that I had to wear that held my atoms‚ molecules and cells together – it literally formed a cocoon around me‚ but I could touch them and they could touch me. “Physically you felt lighter than them‚ taller than them‚ and had more energy. One of their days was equivalent to 31 days in our world. So they thought I was unwell because I had to sleep regularly.” Basically‚ during his stay on the ship‚ Collier communicated with only two aliens whose skin was blue. Their names were Vissey and Moroanei and they told Collier that the Universe was created 21 billion years ago and was home to about 135 billion humanoid creatures. “They’ve come to see me because my family’s genetic lineage goes back to them‚ and they told me that I was here as part of an outpost 62‚000 years ago. I attempted to break up an argument between two other visiting aliens and was slain‚ which has placed me in the Earth’s reincarnational cycle‚” he adds. Collier says that Andromedans live unusually long and that Vissey was 43‚000 years old and Moroaneus about 1‚700 years old. At some point‚ a small metal object was placed on his head‚ after which various scenes from his past lives began to appear on the monitors on the walls of the ship. “If this is the true nature of our universe and how it works‚ then we must realize that there is more to us because we are also connected to this process on most levels‚ if not all‚” says Collier. Collier spoke in detail about this case at a conference in Japan in 2007: The post “I lived 92 days on an alien ship‚” says former US Army pilot appeared first on Anomalien.com.

If you’ve been clamoring for a brand new Vampire Survivors-like game with a twist‚ how about one that lets you control three characters at once? This is the elevator pitch for Trinity Survivors‚ a new roguelike shoot-’em-up that’s out today in Steam Early Access. With co-op available today and lots planned for the future‚ it’s sure to keep you busy. Continue reading New Steam game is Vampire Survivors‚ but with three times the chaos MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best roguelike games‚ Best co-op games‚ Free Steam games

In the last Jujutsu Kaisen chapter‚ Sukuna continues to flex his insane powers while dealing with some conflict in his inner thoughts. The chapter spilled the beans on Sukuna's changing vibe‚ all thanks to his tag-along with Yuji. He noticed Yuji's growing powers and considered him a worthy playtoy. With Higuruma's death‚ things were even more against the Sorcerers‚ unless Yuta's arrival. He'll be the next to fight the King of Curses.

What an amazing chapter we saw last week in My Hero Academia! The story took a deep dive into Star's poignant final moments inside AFO's vestiges‚ revealing a mysterious connection to a sad child in a detailed flashback. The chapter also focused on All Might's awakening‚ Tomura's baffling visions‚ and an intense battle‚ introducing a desperate yet hopeful strategy. Talking about the battle‚ the unexpected twist left fans on the edge of their seats‚ eagerly anticipating the next moves in Chapter 414.