Ashamed of being gay

A couple weeks ago I wrote about Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute and what sounds like her position that it's a Christian teen's duty to bully gay classmates. Since then she has gone a couple rounds with Timothy Kincaid of the Box Turtle Bulletin (a site that works to debunk the claims made by the anti-gay crowd). It seems there is something the two combatants agree on. And that is the goal Higgins has.

What Higgins wants is for every gay kid to be ashamed of being gay. She is opposed to gays living openly with pride and dignity. She would much rather have a gay kid risking his health by having unsafe sex in a back alley rather than save himself for the man of his dreams because the first will fill him with shame. It is only then she believes she has a chance to save the poor kid's soul (or maybe if the poor kid doesn't hate himself as much as she hates him there is some doubt about whether her own beliefs are correct and she's really trying to save her own soul). That is why she opposes all organizations, such as Gay-Straight Alliances, that counter the culture of gay condemnation.

As for the deaths of kids who were bullied for being gay and couldn't take it anymore, Higgins refuses the blame. Instead she fingers those who cultivate tolerance and approval for gays -- like Timothy Kincaid.

A few commenters wonder if there is any difference between Higgins' call to "righteous condemnation and disapproval" and bullying.