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Changing minds; Former gays meet resistance at NEA convention.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 27-JUL-04 		Format: Online - approximately 1122 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Changing minds; Former gays meet resistance at NEA convention.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)

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Byline: George Archibald, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Former homosexuals who have renounced same-sex relations were called "offensive" by delegates to this month's annual convention of the 2.7-million-member National Education Association (NEA). "I'm really offended that you're even here," a delegate wearing the rainbow emblem of the NEA Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Caucus told a supporter of the new NEA Ex-Gay Educators Caucus.

The Ex-Gay Educators Caucus distributed literature explaining that scientific research shows that homosexuality is not "a fixed, inborn trait."

Other opponents of the Ex-Gay Educators Caucus, whose exhibit was permitted for the first time at this year's union gathering at the D.C. Convention Center, also challenged the NEA's claim of being democratic and diverse.

One delegate who visited the exhibit told caucus members that there was "a special place in hell for us," said caucus founder Jeralee Smith from California, an elementary special-education teacher and former lesbian.

She said another NEA delegate remarked, "You might as well set up a Ku Klux Klan booth right next...

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