Athens (Ohio) News: Want to kick the gay habit? Stop being so sarcastic!

By David Niven

The Other Paper, Columbus

That's how the founder of a gay conversion program explained his policy on wit to Ohio State University professor Tanya Erzen. Erzen recounts the year she spent inside the New Hope Ministry in her book "Straight to Jesus." New Hope, based in California, offered a residential program to turn gay men into "ex-gays." While it may come as something of a revelation that sarcasm is gay, New Hope's list of banned activities has some more familiar entries. Also forbidden are tight pants, tank tops, spandex, biker pants, half shirts, short shorts, "gay terms and mannerisms," the Internet, smoking, hair coloring, going to a health club, and watching the television show "Will and Grace." To read more, click here.