The American Psychiatric Association (APA) approved a resolution at its annual meeting, urging legal recognition of same-sex marriage.
The statement supports same-sex marriage “in the interest of maintaining and promoting mental health.”
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The psychiatric association’s statement was approved by voice vote on the first day of its weeklong annual meeting in Atlanta. It cites the “positive influence of a stable, adult partnership on the health of all family members.”The resolution recognizes “that gay men and lesbians are full human beings who should be afforded the same human and civil rights,” said Margery Sved, a Raleigh, N.C., psychiatrist and member of the assembly’s committee on gay and lesbian issues.
Thirty years ago, the APA still defined homosexuality as a mental disorder, and if the resolution is approved by its directors in July, it will become the first major medical association to endorse gay marriage.
Cool.
Now you know why Psychiatrists “practice” and mechanics professionally repair your car.
Chuck–
Good one.
And why most people who choose Psychiatry as a profession are actually those who most desperately need one!
Deaf people are highly divided on cochlear implants (fringe left thinks they demean the deaf culture). What would the left say if some Korean scientists found a drug to cure gayness?
The same thing they’d say if some Korean scientists found a drug to “cure” left-handedness…
Righton@4 – Can anything spill out of your mouth that is not a personal insult? I am not deaf myself, but I am have family that is deeply involved in the deaf community and actually counted one of the leading scientists working on cochlear implant technology as a personal friend.
The issue of cochlear implants is a complex one that has almost nothing to do with political beliefs and is certainly not imposed from the outside by any political group. I somehow doubt you really care about the truth of the matter if it doesn’t support your view of the world, but it really has much more in common with the choice between American Sign Language and Signed Exact English than anything else. If anyone cares beyond this let me know.
The important element of this topic I think is the way in which the right wing continually drifts further and further away from a respect for science and facts. Just in the past month the radical right has come out on the wrong side of evolution vs. creationism and we watched S. Korea leap ahead of us in developing cures for some of the worst diseases mankind faces.
This last issue really shows how much the theocrats now dominate the Republican party. Instead of pursuing science that can both help save people’s lives and could have been big business in both Washington and the US as a whole, we prefer to stick our collective heads in the sand and hope it goes away. The fact is that this technology is and will be developed, despite our president oh so public displays of righteousness to make points with the theocrats. The only question is will the US continue be on the leading edge of science and discovery – which fuels our economy – or will we recede into a second-tier power because of the American Taliban asserting its will over the Republican party.
Nindid. Baloney
All political. Wanna debate why an infant would be denied a cochlear implant? And don’t lecture me on the morality or whatever unless you have more personal experience than with it than I do. What you noted isn’t in the same league.
The same Psychiatrists that can’t agree on how to diagnos ADD, ADHD, ODD from bad behavior?
The Two Stooges at 2 and 3
I have a used mechanic you two can have. He overcharged me and my car had to be taken back to his shop repeatedly because the repairs were never correctly done and the car never ran right.
You were saying something about the infallibility of mechanics?
HEY EVERYBODY I HAVE AN IDEA
Why don’t you all post your experiences with “professional” mechanics to help Cheesy Chuckie justify in his tiny mind his blind faith in “professional” mechanics!
This should be good for some laughs — as well as providing the rest of us with valuable consumer protection information.
Nindid, the disrespect for science (and other facts) is intentional. Their ideology doesn’t work in the real world and has to be propped up with lies and fantasies. Science and facts are neo-conservatism’s two arch enemies.
Righton @ 8 Well, I would be happy if you would talk about your personal experience. These are real world problems with real world consequences. I know enough to know that these are tough personal decisions agonized over by real people. If you would like to share your thoughts on it do so… I would welcome the contribution to the board.
Nothing like the “christian right” spweing hate and intolorance.
mrs. hypocritical @ 3…
Lets hope any of your 4 spawn dont need mental help. ‘Cause i’m SURE your the model father, huh? Don’t preach what ya practice…
Wrong-o- @ 4…
You should be first in line, huh? Maybe the great and powerful OZ can give you a brain while hes at it.
Dubba @ 5..
That should happen about the same time they lable Neocons as mental disorder.
Nindid
Diagnosis of total deafness, which hasn’t happened. For adults getting a cochlear implant (for others, its an electronic gizmo that recreates hearing, but you have to be totally deaf and they sever the ear nerve when then connect it) is a no-brainer.
Lots of news shows on the deaf community objecting to them for infants, where you have to choose a life of deafness or a life of artificial hearing. Deaf community (the politicized side) argues that there’s nothing wrong w/ being deaf, its like being left-handed. Plenty of parents not part of the deaf community are outraged and typically pursue the cochlear implant for their child. (again, you learn speaking and normal speaking, etc as an infant, young child…try using one later in life if born deaf and you will always speak differently).
Wierd how the stem cell, gay gene, cochlear kind of intersect. I’m a huge fan of giving the infant this artifical gizmo to make their life better, but scared of Koreans (or Californians) running around tweaking our DNA (some great jokes about the Korean olympic team going to show up i’m sure).
These group of psychiatrists have no business creating such a ‘group statement.’ wtf? Will there be a descenting psychiatry statement? Somehow I doubt the ALL agree.
Go back to prescribing prozac and shut the hell up.
Poplo – Just as soon as the Chamber of Commerce decides to quit making group statements (and throwing millions of dollars of out of state funds in WA smear campaigns) we can let the psychiatrics know.
In any case, if the prohibition against gay marriage is to have any credence beyond that of a theocracy, it must lay in a medical or psychological nature. And for that, no one is better suited then the APA.
“In Your Face America” groupies hurt the movement by their rudeness and screaming. Sexual preferance is a bedroom thing. Militants would have been better off remaining in the closet. Straights are not the only ones they turned off. Many gays prefer privacy, don’t flaunt, don’t prance, don’t scream, don’t have a limp wrist and…do not support gay marriage. About that psych statement: Tis healthier for gays to marry. Since when has marriage been classed as healthy. The divorce rate wrecks that gay stance. Gay companions are as old as the hill. Worked then, works now.