Homo-homeopathy keeps the gay at bay

Homo-homeopathy keeps the gay at bay

THE Union of Catholic Physicians (UCP) in Germany has become a bit of a laughing stock since it was revealed this week that this bunch of imbeciles has been offering “Therapy Options for Homosexuality” on their website – including magic sugar pills.

But, according to this report, the Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany (LSVD) is not amused. It branded the therapies an “insult,” and an “impertinence” that showed:

A lack of respect for homosexuals and bisexuals.

A right pillock: Dr Gero Winkelmann with his miracle Globuli cure

The religious association, which calls itself the “voice of the Catholic medical community,” writes on its website that while “homosexuality is not an illness,” a host of treatments are available to keep such “inclinations” at bay.

Possible “cures” include “constitutional treatments with homeopathic tools … such as homeopathic dilutions like platinum,” “psychotherapy,” and “religious counseling.” The homeopathy treatments include “Globuli” – tiny pills that consist mostly of sugar.

UCP head Gero Winkelmann is reported here as saying:

We know about a number of people with homosexual feelings who find themselves in a spiritual and psychological emergency and suffer greatly. If someone is unhappy, ill or feels they are in an emergency, they should be able to find options for help with us.

As for the scientific basis of the treatments offered by the UCP, Winkelmann listed “medical-psychotherapeutic, philosophical and theological literature,” the “minority views of psychotherapists,” the “teachings of the Catholic church, the Holy Scripture,” and the “homeopathy of Samuel Hahnemann,” the German physician credited with creating the practice.

Winkelmann defended the treatments, saying his organisation’s intentions were not meant to “injure or pressure” anyone, but to express a “position and medical opinion” to interested parties.

[link to freethinker.co.uk]