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from About NARTH
NARTH and Civil Rights
July, 2003
In recent years many cases and policies have come
before the courts and public involving
homosexually oriented people and basic civil
rights. These include issues such as hate crime
legislation and workplace anti-discrimination
laws.
Recognizing that these legal issues and policies
are complex--and wishing to maintain our status as
a scientific organization--the Governing Board of
NARTH has decided that, in most instances, it will
not take a position on such issues.
This does not mean that NARTH will not
editorialize about such issues in the pages of its
publications, discussing the relative merits of
the important social of our time as well as the
psychological and psychosocial implications of
those issues. Individual members and officers of a
professional association, of course, retain the
right to offer scientific information--speaking on
their own behalf--in court cases and in public
policy matters. And when requested, NARTH itself
may provide amicus briefs in legal cases or
statements in public policy matters where
scientific information about homosexuality is
required.
It is NARTH's position that science, not activism,
should inform legal decisions and public policies.
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