Northern Ireland Assembly Member calls for gays to get psychiatric counselling


	Northern Ireland Assembly Member calls for gays to get psychiatric counselling

queerty

6-6-2008 6:58 AM

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queerty says:

Argh.

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6-6-2008 10:50 PM

tuff-franks

She is a dreamer !!!!

6-7-2008 12:34 AM

ratilfar

She is an idiot!

6-7-2008 1:12 AM

jmjoness

sounds like her own personal opinion to me.

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</P><P>David McCartney from the Rainbow Project was responding to comments from Iris Robinson, the DUP MP for Strangford and East Belfast MLA. 
</P><P>Mrs Robinson said with help, gay people could be "turned around". 
</P><P>Mr McCartney said there was "no body of evidence" to support this and asked to meet the MP. 
</P><P>Mrs Robinson made her comments on BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show on Friday. 
</P><P>"I have a very lovely psychiatrist who works with me in my offices and his Christian background is that he tries to help homosexuals - trying to turn away from what they are engaged in," she said. 
</P><P>"I'm happy to put any homosexual in touch with this gentleman and I have met people who have turned around and become heterosexuals."</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7439661.stm"><IMG width="226" vspace="0" hspace="0" height="170" border="0" alt="Iris Robinson" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44722000/jpg/_44722835_9eb72149-199a-4c38-9338-5e08f1279586.jpg" />
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