Who is Wade? you may ask. Well, Wade is a friendly apologist who enjoys flying airplanes and kayaking in his spare time. He is also the founder, president, trustee, CEO, and apparently the only member of an organization called "The Center for the Study of Sexual Attraction Disorders." Wade describes this center as a "quasi organization" that is meant to "re-frame many of the confounded and convoluted issues surrounding homosexuality" and to place them on "intellectula [sic] common ground."
So what does this mean for us? Does Wade manage to establish himself as a top-dawg in the realm of the gay activism debate? See for yourself:
http://www.aros.net/~wenglund/sad.htm
What's most noteworthy about Wade's approach is his insistence upon using a "lock and key" metaphor to discuss human sexuality. Observe:
(bold emphasis ibid.)The sexual attraction disorders, and sexual disorders, delineated
1. Given what has been established above, do you agree that homosexuality is a sexual attraction disorder (not unlike two keys, or two locks, trying to unlock each other)?
2. If not, why not?
3. Given what has been established above, do you agree that pedophilia is a sexual attraction disorder (not unlike a large key trying to unlock a small or undeveloped key, or a large key trying to unlock a small or undeveloped lock, or vice-versa)?
4. If not, why not?
5. Given what has been established above, do you agree that bestiality is a sexual attraction disorder (not unlike a house key trying to unlock a car)?
6. If not, why not?
7. Given what has been established above, do you agree that necrophilia is a sexual attraction disorder (not unlike a key trying to unlock a permanently broken or destroyed lock or key, or vice-versa)?
8. If not, why not?
In case anyone is interested, Wade has also issued a "call for papers," though it is unclear whether he has received any yet. Further---just in case anyone is interested---the ironically named FAIRboard has been quite impressed with Wade's apologetic work, and even saw fit to crown him with one of their "Liahona" awards. It is this, apparently, which prevents Wade from criticizing the MB which kicked him to the curb. Or into his kayak. Or whatever.