Suspended MPD Psychologist Advocated Ex-Gay Therapy

A psychologist who was recently suspended by the Minneapolis Police Department for his ties to the anti-gay group, Illinois Family Institute, advocated ex-gay therapy in 1977, according to Ex-Gay Watch. In a document titled, "A Biblical Perspective an Homosexuality and Its Healing: When Was the Last Time You Hugged a Homosexual?" Campion and his co-author say:

We have known many who practice homosexual behavior who feel they are "caught" or that this is "the way they were made". Freedom lies in the fact that they are not made this way, but rather that through help, this "habit" may be overcome.

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Many quotes from the document question Campion's ability to psychologically evaluate openly gay candidates for the Minneapolis Police Department:

"A choice is required. We believe a man or woman is not born a total homosexual nor is he born as a bisexual with a heterosexual and homosexual orientation being natural to him. But rather, he is born with a total heterosexual orientation and chooses to indulge in homosexual behavior.

There appears to be little support for a genetic or hormonal cause of homosexuality in the Scriptures, which teach that the homosexual is responsible for his behavior.

The third basic factor is the fact that homosexuality satisfies man's basic nature of selfishness.

Homosexuality's alleged "incurability" or "constitutionality" as espoused by some in our society today is supported by neither Scripture nor solid medical evidence. It is time that the homosexual is told that he has chosen this lifestyle and that he is responsible for it.

There are certain environmental factors during childhood which may predispose a person toward a homosexual orientation. However, a person can become aware of these factors and being aware of them, can then choose an alternative course of behavior. Man is not determined to the extent that be has no will * Homosexuals have chosen their behavior. This again points out that the individual is responsible and that homosexuality is not a condition but rather a conduct.

Since our society will not, it is important that the church take an intelligent stand against the flaunting of homosexuality in our present-day society."