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Gay Reversal Advocates Say School Libraries Banning Their 'Ex-Gay' Books
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Fox News
10/22/2009
"Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX) says there's an entire community of people across the world who say that their sexual orientation changed from gay to straight. But they're not getting their message out, the group says, because libraries across the country refuse to carry literature that describes these experiences or any studies that support them.
"...The school's own speech — through its curriculum, administration, publications and even its LGBT support center — however, is 'a choice the school makes,' Lambda Legal Deputy Legal Director Hayley Gorenberg told Foxnews.com. 'That's why schools in geography don't have to teach flat earth just because some people might support that.'
"Like the flat earth theory, Gorenberg says 'ex-gay' materials are not in line with current science."
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