Watch the fireworks at the Western Standard...

As you might know, I am one of the many guest bloggers at the western standard blog.

Yesterday, I blogged the following:

It's high time these groups were stopped....

It's amazing how far some people will go to abuse their children.

Tennessee state officials have begun a second investigation into an ex-gay group accused of abuse and brainwashing at a camp near Memphis.

The new probe comes just weeks after the Department of Children's Services said it had found no signs of child abuse in the wake of a widely publicized blog by a teen named "Zach" who wrote that he is gay and that his parents had forced him to go to the Love In Action camp near Memphis to cure him of his homosexuality. (story)

Love In Action International, says it believes that instilling strong Christian beliefs can keep gays from acting on their homosexual desires.

The group, which also works with adults, has a program called Refuge for teens 15 to 18 years old.

The teen on the blog identified himself as a 16-year-old from Bartlett, Tenn., and said his parents "tell me that there is something psychologically wrong with me. ... I'm a big screwup to them, who isn't on the path God wants me to be on. So I'm sitting here in tears ... and I can't help it."

You can visit Zach's blog here to get a good idea of the torment he is going through. All conservatives should condemn this child abuse.

The American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association both have said such therapy can be emotionally harmful, leading to depression and self-destructive behavior.

Well, there has been a firestorm of comments....many of which are very positive, and many of which are incredibly homophobic! Please feel free to join in the debate.