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• n  a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

• Well, meet their evil twins, Anne and John Paulk, the poster couple for the notion that homosexuality can be stopped if only heterosexuality is embraced.
• It would mean that a permanent, or at least longterm, switch to heterosexuality is possible more than half the time among gays who are highly motivated to change.
• In schools, sex-ed courses focus almost exclusively on heterosexualitythe only mention of same-gender sex reminds students that it is against the law.

• heterosexualism
• straightness

News & Articles

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• Christian ministry apologizes for claiming to 'cure' gays
  The closure announcement Thursday of a controversial Florida ministry - long claiming to "cure" or "convert" gays to heterosexuality through prayer - was welcomed by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community leaders in Delaware and across the country.
  June 21, 2013 - The News Journal

Quotes

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• Mike Huckabee in EDGE Boston
  In one of his books, the article's author noted, Huckabee writes, "Until recently, who would have dared to suggest that the practice [of homosexuality] should be accepted on equal footing with heterosexuality, to be thought of as a personal decision...
• Peter Tatchell in PinkNews.co.uk
  The US is a free country,said Mr Tatchell. "Let them have their misnamed Straight Pride Parade. They say it is a celebration of heterosexuality, but really it'sa promotion of straight supremacism. Their parade is driven by a homophobic...
• President Felipe Calderón in Washington Post
  I completely respect a person's sexual preferences,Calderón said. "However, I believe in the family, that the family is an institution headed by the principle of heterosexuality."