Old Dionysus Forums

[Pegasus]

He was talking about a girlfriend in the post. I don't think he was referring to himself though. If so, whatever happened to Mrs. Cuttlefish?

[Pegasus]

Originally Posted by Iacchus32

I think Digital's problem is that he can't get over the fact that heterosexual marriages are considered more normal and, for obvious reasons. And no, I don't think it's a good enough excuse to go around gay bashing either, although it might make people feel uncomfortable enough to where they might joke about it amongst themselves. So what?

I told myself that I would never discuss the subject of homosexuality again. I don't claim to be an expert on the subject anyway. I saw the program, "The Carpenter's Shop" with host Steve Woods. Joseph Nicolosi was his guest and he has authored a book, "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality." It's not a new book (published in 2002). Based on some of the reviews in Amazon, quite a few of the reviews were not positive. I guess that's to be expected. I didn't hear all of the program as I was getting ready for work. He did emphasize the importance of having a strong father in the family, a father who isn't just present but one who is sincerely interested in his child--an active father, not just in name only. He said something like, "Is that really all homosexuality, or rebellion?" He also said that he didn't really believe that there is a gay gene. I don't know if there is a gay gene or not. I haven't even mentioned the topic in a long time. As I said, I don't know enough about it to talk intelligently about it so I've been staying away from it.

http://www.amazon.com/Parents-Guide-...9108755&sr=1-1

At the end of the program, the website below was mentioned and the title of the book is mentioned in the link:

http://dads.org/search.cfm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nicolosi

I just noticed that Roy Masters' article, "Gays in Society: The Growing Clash" is no longer available on his website. It was posted at the Free Republic website in 2004 but the link to the article at the FHU website is broken. Joseph Nicolosi (his therapy) is mentioned.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1105898/posts

[Pegasus]

I remembered something that Digital had written in the old Dionysus Forums. I knew that I had printed out at least some of the threads. I took the chance that Digital's paragraph about being a parent would also be there.

Well, after opening up 43 boxes (no exaggeration) in my storage unit, I finally found it. I've quoted the first two paragraphs of the post. The rest had more to do with the theme of the thread.

In our household, Mrs. Cuttlefish had very little interest in changing diapers, wiping drool, chasing after the drop-kickers...whereas I loved all that. So I taught at night and watched the little mollusk during the day...then when the second was born, watched both of them and taught at night. Eventually this led to me even working at their daycare part time while I still taught at night. I have changed more diapers than my mother has (and she was a traditional mom of 4 kids)--I would bet I have changed more than you have, Pegasus, without knowing anything about whether you are even a mom. Mrs. Cuttlefish was approached at a family wedding by a cousin with a screaming baby, desperate for advice. She said "do what I always do--give her to Digital." Two minutes later, the baby was asleep in my arms, where she remained for the rest of the evening. I am quite simply a more adept child-care provider than my wife is.

Your "traditional" roles would have trapped my wife in a task she would not want, and prevent me from the most amazing job of my life. My non-traditional role was a benefit to my children, to my wife, to myself."

There were many other valuable posts from Digital in the old Dionysus Forums but it was this particular piece of writing that I remembered the most. I don't know how much of the old Dionysus Forums Iacchus saved. I don't think he saved these threads on a CD.

It was when you had a message board here:

http://www.getphpbb.com/