Tell Dr. Laura what you think of her hate-mongering

is a popular radio figure who plays a "psychiatrist" (her PhD is in physiology). She also tends to say the dumbest things. I caught part of her act on PBS once, and I was stunned by the number of falsehoods and half-truths she spread when "lecturing," for example, about the morality of Western religious traditions like Judaism and Christianity. I was so frustrated by her ineptitude, I quickly found something else to do, rather than watch or listen to her dreck.

But on her radio show she regularly spews hateful propaganda about gays and lesbians, including notions that they are somehow "biological mistakes".

You have a chance to let Dr. Laura know what you think of her hate-mongering by signing the Horizons Foundation's Open Letter to Dr. Laura.

That letter says, in part:

First, your claim that gays are more likely to sexually abuse children than heterosexuals is not only incorrect, it creates fear and hatred of gay people. The notions that homosexuality is caused by childhood sexual abuse, or that gays are more likely to molest children, have been rejected by every leading medical, mental health and child welfare organization in the country. Study after peer-reviewed study backs the scientific consensus that heterosexual men pose a greater risk to children than homosexual males.

Second, your claim that homosexuality is a tragic pathology and that gays and lesbians can and should be "cured" by "reparative therapy" is not only inaccurate but also promotes the idea that there is something wrong with being gay.