Not for gays specifically, of course, just for all minorities who share the “born that way but can be broken into a different mold by torture+brainwashing” pattern.
That description would cover psychopaths, alcoholics, people with anger management problems, etc. - and in their case, the brainwashing seems much more justified if it works. It might even justify the occasional “fixing” of someone that doesn’t need to be fixed (though I don’t know if that’s the case for Mormonism).
Obvious caveat: the above is for “socially affordable” minority behavior. “Socially affordable” means basically “the kind that doesn’t in its essense hurt other people too badly”. Gays don’t, (many) Muslims don’t, weed smokers don’t, psychopaths do. There are borderline cases, but the harm principle is pretty easy to use here overall.
That description would cover psychopaths, alcoholics, people with anger management problems, etc. - and in their case, the brainwashing seems much more justified if it works. It might even justify the occasional “fixing” of someone that doesn’t need to be fixed (though I don’t know if that’s the case for Mormonism).
Obvious caveat: the above is for “socially affordable” minority behavior. “Socially affordable” means basically “the kind that doesn’t in its essense hurt other people too badly”. Gays don’t, (many) Muslims don’t, weed smokers don’t, psychopaths do. There are borderline cases, but the harm principle is pretty easy to use here overall.