Assertion: homosexual's orientation | /r/HasProperty | changed
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text: Can Sexual Orientation be Changed?
text: In a 2010 survey of 625 Utah individuals 55% of Mormons believed sexual orientation could be changed, and a 2015 survey of 1,612 LGBT Mormons and former Mormons found that 73% of men and 43% of women had attempted sexual orientation change, usually through multiple methods across many years.:5 Counselor-led sexual orientation change efforts dwindled among members around 2015:17–20 as church teachings evolved with leaders explicitly stating in 2012 that same-sex sexual attractions were not a choice:21 and affirming in 2016 that therapy focusing on a change in sexual orientation was unethical.
text: In a survey of 625 Utah individuals, 55% of Mormons believed sexual orientation could be changed.
text: In a survey of 625 Utah individuals, 55% of Mormons believed sexual orientation could be changed.
text: There is no reliable evidence that sexual orientation can be changed and medical institutions warn that conversion therapy practices are ineffective and potentially harmful.
text: In 2001, United States Surgeon General David Satcher issued a report stating that "there is no valid scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed".
text: United States Surgeon General David Satcher in 2001 issued a report stating that "there is no valid scientific evidence that sexual orientation can be changed".
text: In addition to the lack of empirical support for the claim that sexual orientation can be changed, empirical evidence indicates that attempts at changing sexual orientation can be harmful.
text: Thus, anti-gay forces insist that sexual orientation is a behavior that can be changed, not an immutable characteristic.
text: The fact that many men have erotic attraction to both sexes to at least some degree and are therefore offered the opportunity (or required by society) to choose is why many religious groups seem to think that sexual orientation can be changed.