By Kathleen Gilbert
NEW YORK, January 30, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A recent statement from the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) supporting the inclusion of open homosexuals in the military admits that the medical group’s position on homosexuality is guided by an impetus for social action, rather than medical or scientific data.
“Though it’s not widely known, psychoanalysts as a professional group are proactive on a number of social issues including homosexuality,” began a press release from the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), detailing their new “position statement” regarding homosexuals serving in the military.
The statement goes on to affirm that the APsaA rejects the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy prohibiting open homosexuals in the military, a policy Mr. Obama has promised to undo.
“It is the position of APsaA that sexual orientation is not germane to any aspect of military effectiveness, including unit cohesion, morale, recruitment or retention,” writes the APsaA.
The statement includes an assertion that the issue amounts to overcoming bias equivalent to racial discrimination: “The U.S. military is capable of integrating members of groups historically excluded from its ranks, as demonstrated by its success in reducing both racial and gender discrimination.”
The repealing of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy constitutes another major step in the Obama administration’s agenda to normalize homosexuality, one that has met criticism from those who agree with the U.S. Department of Defense’s traditional policy that same-sex attractions among military personnel are incompatible with the unique circumstances of military service. (https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/aug/06081604.html)
The APsaA’s recent statement is consistent with the epidemic of pro-homosexual social activism that has run rampant among American mental health organizations in recent decades, in tandem with the growing influence of homosexualist groups.
Mental health organizations such as APsaA, the American Psychological Association (APA), and the American Psychiatric Association have played an increasingly political, rather than informative role in the debate, explicitly couching their support for same-sex “marriage” and other homosexual issues in terms of “civil rights” and anti-discrimination. (https://www.apa.org/releases/gaymarriage.html)
The National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), which supports the treatment of unwanted homosexual desires, has criticized the above-mentioned associations for boasting civil rights activism while ignoring sound and impartial scientific research.
“No scientific organization can provide any resolution or policy statement based on scientific research that is tainted, flawed and inconclusive without breaching the trust of the general public,” wrote NARTH’s Dr. A. Dean Byrd in 2004. “For APA to retain its credibility as a scientific organization, science must be separated from activism.”
See related LifeSiteNews.com articles:
NARTH Report Shows Gay Activist Influence on Mental Health Organizations
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/feb/06020902.html
Homosexuality a Psychological Disorder: Pentagon Document
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/06062008.html
APA Ignored Evidence that Homosexual Behaviour is Part of Psychiatric Disorder Says Noted Psychiatrist
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/jul/05072502.html
Noted U.S. Psychologists Condemn Gay Activist Influence on APA
https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05122008.html