mple, groups like NARTH can help to influence and enforce what is considered deviant. NARTH warns that a pro-gay "philosophy usually includes the redefinition of marriage; the disparagement of gender differences as arbitrary 'social constructs'; the undermining of family and religious authority with the substitution of a different set of standards; and the idea that homosexuality is a normal variant of human sexuality" (NARTH, p. 9). This statement embodies the tactic of demonizing and vilifying the deviants to enforce traditional gender and sexual constructs by pointing to the many ways in which homosexuality threatens to destroy society. To begin, "the gay philosophy" (which they sat down as a collective and wrote in the spring of 1967) stated here, threatens to "redefine" the institution of (heterosexual) marriage - the pillar establishment that exemplifies approved gender roles in our society. The undermining of family and religious authority serves to show that homosexuals are breaking down two of the utmost important institutions in society (the family and religion), in addition to going against authority. It is also sure to affirm the "normal" and enforce boundaries by questioning the idea of variability in human sexuality. NARTH also presents "evidence" against homosexuality by posing hypothetical questions and providing responses supported by "science" as if they are hard irrefutable facts. Even more disturbing though, is this recommendation for teaching about homosexuality that ties into the following discussion of the psychology field: "We haven't learned from science that 'homosexuality is as healthy as heterosexuality.' Views about what constitutes psychological health are always based on some system of philosophy and morality. By itself, science cannot distinguish good from bad, right from wrong, healthy from unhealthy" (NARTH, p.9). This supports a notion that science is objective and unbiased, has no moral agen...
