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Soulforce is an interfaith movement committed to ending spiritual violence perpetuated by religious policies and teachings against gay,lesbian,bisexual,and transgender people.We teach and apply the nonviolent principles of M.K.Gandhi and Martin Luther King,Jr.For more information on Soulforce go to 
www.soulforce.org .
For more information on Soulforce’s campaign to challenge the false rhetoric of Dr.Dobson and Focus on the Family,go to 
www.DearDrDobson.com 
By Jeff Lutes, MS, LPC
Foreword by Mary Barber, MD, President of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists
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Soulforce presents . . .
Why every person of faith should be deeply troubled by Dr.James Dobson’s dangerous and misleading words about the lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender community 
 
Contents
Foreword
Mary Barber, MD, President of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists
Dr.Dobson Is Not My Enemy 
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We are both children of God 
The Psychology Of Fear
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Five false and spiritually violent claims by Focus on the Family 
 Violent Claim One:
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Homosexuality is a mental disorder caused by family problems and bad parenting.
 Violent Claim Two:
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Gay people want to destroy marriage and the family.
 Violent Claim Three:
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Same-gender parents are unfit and seek to hurt children.
 Violent Claim Four:
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Homosexuality can be prevented by parents and cured through “reparative therapy.” 
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Gays and lesbians are sick,ungodly people who want “special rights,” not civil rights.
Strange Science
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How research is twisted to promote Dr.Dobson’s antigay bias 
Dr.Dobson's Deception By Omission
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Those happy families Dr.Dobson never told you about 
Dobson’s Word Is Not God’s Word
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None of us own a copyright on the Bible or a patent on Christianity 
 A Call To Justice
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 A plea to save lives 
 
 A False Focus on My Family •
SOULFORCE 
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Foreword
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OCIETY IS MOVING CLOSER ON MANY FRONTS
to recognizing the civil rights of gay, lesbian, bisexual, andtransgender people and their families. In this setting media pundits often ask the question: What if a per-son feels that homosexuality is morally wrong because of deeply held religious beliefs? The implication inthis question is that antigay sentiment is acceptable, okay by us, if it is part of a person’s religious faith.Nothing could be further from the truth. It is not okay when believers seek to spread their hateful andintolerant views to the vulnerable among us, to young people questioning their sexuality or parents who areconfused and upset by their adult child’s disclosure of being gay. It is also not okay when the message of intol-erance is cloaked in science, when data is distorted or fabricated to further a damaging agenda. And the asso-ciation of Christianity with intolerance to homosexuality is perhaps the most hurtful and wrongheaded dis-tortion by both the popular media and advocates of so-called “reparative therapy” such as Dr. James Dobsonand Focus on the Family.In this booklet, psychotherapist Jeff Lutes has broken down many of these false associations. He system-atically exposes flaws in Dr. Dobson’s “scientific data” about homosexuality. He quotes from leaders in psy-chiatry, psychology, and social work to reveal what professionals really have to say today about being gay orlesbian. And he rejects the idea that a person has to be antigay in order to be a Christian.Jeff Lutes has given us a welcome antidote to the harsh rhetoric of Dr. Dobson and others like him. Armed with the knowledge imparted in this text, hopefully many gay people and their families will be able tofind a way to grow into their full potential. And hopefully we as a society can begin to focus on the problemsthat really tear families apart, instead of continuing to allow the scapegoating of gays and lesbians.
Mary Barber,MD 
President, Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists
The family of Dr. Mary Barber 
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