Bruce Atkinson: I gladly sign on to this Nashville Statement on biblical sexuality. Both my understanding of the scriptural witness and also my own experience (of over 40 years) in the mental health field has convinced me of these truths. The toxic weeds of the sexual revolution (with early origins but which took off in the 1960's) have reached their maturity; it is time to uproot and destroy all the poison ivy, the pagan ideas spawned by Satan himself and spread by his assorted cultural Marxist Jezebel slaves.

John Donovan: I think you should make a statement that clarifies how the evidence of mental-health experience corroborates the testimony of Scripture. There's some group of Christians that has been coming out against the Nashville Statement, and, as you might expect, they're getting away with claims that they're on the side of compassion and human well-being.

Bruce Atkinson: Ok. I will be putting together some information. The bottom line research reveals clear evidence that homosexual and transgender identity is subjective and that acting on these self-identifications virtually always leads to psychological and/or physical damage. Also, the causes of these self-identifications appear to be psychosocial and due to already existing mental illness.

John Donovan: From the CDC: Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) have been rising among gay and bisexual men, with increases in syphilis being seen across the country. In 2014, gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men accounted for 83% of primary and secondary syphilis cases where sex of sex partner was known in the United States. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men often get other STDs, including chlamydia and gonorrhea infections. HPV (Human papillomavirus), the most common STD in the United States, is also a concern for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Some types of HPV can cause genital and anal warts and some can lead to the development of anal and oral cancers. Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men are 17 times more likely to get anal cancer than heterosexual men. Men who are HIV-positive are even more likely than those who do not have HIV to get anal cancer.

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John Donovan: Your putting together some information would be a real contribution to all this, I think. People need to get clear that we're talking about pathology with respect both to causes and consequences, as you've just said.