You Can't Just Pray Away the Gay

There are some kookie people out there that claim you can counsel gay people into straight people. There's a man named Richard Cohen, who is president of a company called P-Fox that does lots of mean anti-gay advertising and stuff and tries to talk gay people into being straight.

Mr. Cohen has been a very naughty boy, and has been expelled from the American Counseling Association for breaking a whole bunch of rules.

According to the ACA's letter: "Mr. Cohen was found in violation of the
following code sections A.1.a; A.1.b; A.5.a; A.6.a; C.3.b, C.3.f, and has
not elected to appeal the decision taken by the ACA Ethics Committee
within allotted timelines."

The letter referred to Cohen's violations which included inappropriate
behavior such as fostering dependent counseling relationships, not
promoting the welfare of clients, engaging in actions that sought to
meet his personal needs at the expense of clients, exploiting the trust
and dependency of clients, unethically soliciting testimonials from clients
and promoting products to clients in a manner that is deceptive.

A nice man, Wayne Besen has this to say:
"The Right wing should be ashamed for promoting the work of a
therapist who has been officially rebuked for egregious ethical lapses,"
said Wayne Besen, author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the
Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth. "That Cohen is the best the
far right can find in support of their position that gay people can
change underscores the quack-like pseudo-science that they rely on. It
is time they end the charade that reparative therapy works."

I don't think it's very nice to act unethically especially if you are counseling someone who is hurting inside and is wanting help. People that are struggling with problems need nice people to help them, not quacks with their own agenda.