Anonymous Hopes To Unite Gays, Lesbians Against Church Of Scientology's Anti-Gay Policy
A faction of Anonymous have identified a long-standing policy within the Church of Scientology which states that gays and gay lifestyles are "aberrations" and need to be eliminated out of the population — but in some cases, as in those with large sums of cash and a willingness to believe the teachings of the CoS, they have offered a cure to homosexuality.
This type of assertion is harmful not only to gays within the Church of Scientology, but to gays outside the Church. To assume you can "cure" a person of a genetically predisposed condition which manifests itself as a part of that person's personality and essentially their whole "being" is disingenuous at best, and degrading at worst.
The Church can't cure anyone of being "gay," anymore than they can cure someone of being black, or having red hair, or big feet. Unless the Church of Scientology plans to genetically modify a person's DNA with their superhuman mindpowers, such claims of cures are dubious and meant to defraud vulnerable people of their money.
Fortunately, as part of this awareness, this faction in Anonymous have created a public awareness campaign to inform those outside of the growing movement against Scientology of these bogus and insulting claims and beliefs:
Here's the press release Glosslip received:
Dear Sir or Madam,I would like to draw your attention to a recent claim that the Church of Scientology attempts to "cure" homosexual behaviour.
Canadian author Ian Halperin posed as a gay actor to research his new book. He describes one encounter with the Church of Scientology as follows:
"When I told them I was gay they told me that they could de-programme my homosexuality though a technique called auditing and that was one of the first times that they admitted on record that they could do that."[1]
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