People with same-sex attractions can get effective help, as one counseling organization testifies.
People Can Change is the name of an organization that has worked with countless men and women who are seeking a change in sexual attractions.
Spokesman Rich Wyler tells OneNewsNow it has proven effective.
"I know this from personal experience myself having been through it and knowing many others," he says. "And our survey of men and women who have been through therapy to reduce same-sex attractions found that over half -- 55 percent -- said the counseling was effective in helping them to reduce the frequency and intensity of their homosexual attractions."
The survey conducted by People Can Change indicates benefits beyond that one factor.
"But also 7 out of 10 found that their self-esteem improved, the shame diminished, they became more self-accepting as they went through this type of counseling, and it's just wrong not to make it an option for those who seek it," he declares.
However, the California Assembly has passed a bill banning reparative therapy, and a bill introduced in the New Jersey legislature would make such therapy illegal for young people with same-sex attractions. In both instances, the bills were heavily supported by homosexual activist organizations.
People Can Changes is based in Ruckersville, Virginia.