Christian conservative Linda Harvey stated on Monday that gay
people seek to “absorb” the personalities of others because they
are “vacant” inside.
Harvey, the founder of the Columbus, Ohio-based Mission America
and a frequent contributor to the conservative website WND.com, told
her radio listeners that former gays report feeling “empty.”
“The labels others put on us do not become who we are unless we
have a really shaky sense of our own identity,” Harvey
said. “This problem does come up often when those who have
left homosexuality talk, for instance, about how they once felt
empty, not identifying at all with other boys or girls. Sometimes
that results in a person wanting to absorb the personality and
identity of another person, even someone of the same sex. Because
the vacant feeling inside is so great, a troubled relationship with
one's parents can leave a child with that missing element and when
others seem to have meaning and purpose, the feelings of self pity
can be overwhelming.”