Things I Wish Were April Fool’s Jokes

We can start with this website, which I found via TalkLeft. Seems harmless enough until you start reading the stuff it offers as advice to parents, particularly little gems like this one.

If you believe your adolescent may be gay, or is experiencing difficulties with gender identity or sexual orientation issues, consider seeing a family therapist who shares your values to clarify and work through these issues.

Got a queer kid? Get him/her to reparative therapy.

My tax dollars (and yours) paid for that one. Great. Just great. There’s more about it here.

It’s just another day in W’s America, folks, and I feel like crawling back into bed.

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2 Responses to Things I Wish Were April Fool’s Jokes

  1. buddhabelly says:

    Ugh. I wish gw bush amerika inc was an april fools joke too.

  2. Peregrinato says:

    Considering no legitimate counseling or therapy organization has repudiated reparative therapy–including the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, which is decidely against it–that is an amazing declaration for the federal government–which is increasingly moving toward an “evidence-based” model–to make.