President Bush’s nominee for surgeon general, Dr. James W. Holsinger Jr., wrote a paper in 1991 that purported to make the medical argument that homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy. Doctors who reviewed the paper derided it as prioritizing political ideology over science, and Democratic aides on Capitol Hill say the paper will make his confirmation hearings problematic, if not downright bruising.
Holsinger, 68, presented "The Pathophysiology of Male Homosexuality" in January 1991 to a United Methodist Church’s committee to study homosexuality… The church was then considering changing its view that homosexuality violates Christian teaching, though it ultimately did not do so. Relying on footnotes from mainstream medical publications, Holsinger argued that homosexuality isn’t natural or healthy.
I’ve posted Dr. Holsinger’s paper here. Read it and weep…
Amazing how even though he’s written about human sexuality he’s left out the one thing that makes it human- emotion and feelings. I think he’s exactly what we can expect from the Bush White House.
Smoochie,
It’s a relatively astounding piece, isn’t it? It leaves out the entire emotional dimension of human experience, as if it doesn’t exist.
Exactly that! It’s all about parts, and nothing about the human element at all. I don’t want a guy as surgeon general that is so devoid of seeing people as anything but parts. I can only imagine how creepy his description of why abortion is wrong is, but I’m sure he’s got one.