Liberty university gay sex command center

Anyone know any other stories about it?. I wholeheartedly acknowledge that everyone has the right to practice their religion freely. I read with great interest that Liberty University filed a suit against its former president, Jerry Falwell, Jr.

Liberty says that he damaged its reputation after last year's revelations of "a years-long sexual relationship involving Falwell; his wife, Becki; and another man, Giancarlo Granda. But what ultimately unites so many of us are our experiences of shame, guilt, and anxietyin concert with our experiences of fear and self-hatred, that are a product of Liberty's anti-queer campus culture.

I also know that trying to turn people straight does not constitute religion.

Liberty University students organize : (WFXR) — Former students and staff at Liberty University describe a culture of fear and anxiety for LGBTQ students on campus

And for still others, they went to Liberty because they simply didn't know any better after being raised in repressive evangelical households and churches. I was one of them. The school has also offered a group version of this "treatment.

“What do you think the guys in the group are going. At Emerick's behest, I was consistently expected to offer a detailed stock of my teenage sexual history and activity.

I joined this class action lawsuit -- at least in part -- because of how Liberty "dealt" with me as a gay student when I attended from I chose to attend Liberty because, as a kid who was a part of a faith tradition that hated queer people, I earnestly thought I could become straight, and I knew that Liberty had a program for it.

For some, their parents would only finance their education if they went to Liberty. The book contains 17 personal essays, and this is part of Wilson’s about his experiences with group conversion therapy at Liberty University.

These programs tried to convince me that I desperately wanted to be straight. I've seen this on social media a few times, apparently pulled from an old VHS. Did this ever exist at Liberty? For years, Liberty has offered one-on-one conversion "therapy," a bogus pseudo-scientific attempt to change individuals' sexual orientations and/or gender identities/expressions.

They were of course wrong, and they should never have been offered in the first place. This cruelty and discrimination should not be supported using federal funds, and this harmful practice should be outlawed all together.

And as a college freshman at the age of 18, I thoroughly believed him. For others, they received scholarships, which made it possible to afford college. As experts have established, conversion "therapy" catalyzes and compounds a litany of psychological issues, and many even recognize it as a form of torture.

I still vividly remember my meetings with Dane EmerickLiberty's former in-house conversion "therapist" and the pastor I met with over the span of my undergraduate studies. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Lucas Wilson is not just taking on the one-time home of Jerry Falwell, but the Education Department for enabling the university. Was a "Gay Sex Command Center" Ever Established at Liberty in the past? He told me that despite being attracted to men, I was not actually gay but, rather, a heterosexual "struggling with same-sex attraction.

He claimed that living the "gay lifestyle" whatever that is would lead to years of unhappiness and ultimately to hell. Now, over a decade later, I am one of 33 plaintiffs suing the U. Department of Education.