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   Monday, November 14, 2005

   WHO'S TROUBLED?

The Bible is being thumped a little harder this week as the odious and erroneously-named Focus on the Family introduced a new website called Troubled With..., one that will help you with, well, apparently everything. As it says:

I need help with

Alcoholism * Eating Disorders * Gambling * Physical and Verbal Abuse * Pornography and Cybersex * Sexual Abuse * Debt * Depression * Self-Image * Spiritual Struggles * Stay-at-Home Moms * Stress * Time for Family * Workaholism * Working Moms * Dating * Homosexuality * Infertility * Living Together * Miscarriage * Post-Abortion Syndrome * Sex Before Marriage * Sexual Dissatisfaction in Marriage * Unplanned Pregnancy * ADD/ADHD * Children and Divorce * Discipline * Feeding, Sleeping and Crying * Health Concerns * Learning Concerns * Low Self-Esteem * Media Influence * Nighttime Problems * Sibling Rivalry * Single Parenting * Special Needs Children * Talking About Sex * Crisis Pregnancy * Communication Problems * Dating * Depression and Suicide * Drugs and Alcohol * Eating Disorders * Homosexuality * Internet Concerns * Media Influence * Peer Pressure * Rebellion * Sexual Activity * Single Parenting * Teens and Divorce * Affairs * Anger * Blended Families * Caring for Elderly Parents * Communication Gaps * Divorce * Parents and Adult Children * Separation * Adoption * Changing Jobs * Death * Empty Nest * Getting Married * Having a Baby * Menopause * Moving * Preparing for Adolescence * Retirement * Catfights * Nasal voices * Melancholy * Insects * Flatulence * Day-Old Bread * Insomnia * Relentless Bigots * Lint * Homosexuality

Okay, those last few were mine. Did you notice that 'dating' and 'homosexuality' made the list twice? I did. Apparently, nothing else is as troubling so, with a heavy sigh, I'm forced to repeat one more damn time:

No one is troubled by being homosexual.
They are troubled by being marginalized and/or hated.

There's a word for all the issues on this list -- it's called life. If you're "troubled" by it, then you'll need your family, your friends, your wits, earned income, self-discipline, a belief in something greater than yourself and, possibly, some professional help. What you won't need is a massive-yet-unregulated business empire run by men like Jay Sekulow, James Dobson and Pat Robertson, men posing as therapists and in no position to preach morality to anyone.

So why do we keep giving them one?