The original meaning of faggot was a small bundle of sticks, as used in the phrase "Toss another faggot on the fire". One can assume that it came to be a reference for a gay man based on how society has treated gay men, as used in the phrase "Toss another faggot on the fire". But I digress…

In England, a fag is slang for a cigarette, making England one of the few places you can suck on a fag in public, well at least for now. My point (and I do have one) is this: there are two decided similarities between homosexuals and cigarettes.
1. You can pick up a back of cigarettes at the corner store for about three bucks. You can pick up a fag at your local watering hole for the price of a draft beer.
2. There are cessation programs marketed for both.

There are of course obvious differences between the programs. They include:
1. There is abundant scientific/medical evidence proving smoking is detrimental to ones health. There is No evidence supporting the theory homosexuality is in any way harmful.
2. All stop-smoking programs are required to produce documentation including their case studies, success/failure ratios, possible side effects, etc. Gay "therapy" groups refuse to release any of their documentation, including the number of patients/victims "successfully" treated.
3. While using smoke cessation therapy, one might experience sleeplessness. During homosexuality cessation "therapy" one might experience sleep deprivation.
4. While using smoke cessation therapy, one might adhere a dermal patch to ones body. During homosexuality secession "therapy" one might have electrodes attached to ones genitalia.
5. While using smoke cessation therapy, one might receive positive feedback, affirming their behavior. During homosexuality secession "therapy" one might be told that failure would result in eternal damnation of their immortal soul.
6. Having completed smoke cessation therapy you are an ex-smoker. Having completed homosexuality cessation "therapy" you are a repressed homosexual.

The truth is, the majority of Homosexual cessation groups are the off shoots of religious groups, whose views on homosexuality are, in a word, repressed. The mental health professionals associated with them have deviated from the opinion of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association.

Homosexual cessation groups are big money makers for their founding groups, charging thousands of dollars for the "therapy" and contractually obligating the patient/victim to pay large fines should they "slip back". They prey on the weak, depressed and/or disenfranchised, convincing them that their pain is caused by their homosexuality, and not from low self image or inability to accept oneself as a gay human being.

Lastly, the techniques used are literally torture. Sleep depravation, verbal abuse, isolation, and electroshock therapies are merely some of the "tools of their trade". It is abhorrent to me that those who would oppress homosexuals have found a way to legally torture homosexuals and to do so with the their consent. The fact that they have found a way to turn a profit while doing so is positively obscene.