Both in the United Kingdom and in Spain
recently there have been reports of Catholic religious clerics, and devout
followers of the church's teaching, who believe, the nonsense theory, that homosexuals can
be cured of their sexual orientations by therapy!
In Spain, although it is
denied by the government in the pretence of being a secularist society,
there is a very strong link between the Roman Catholic church's
utterances and government policy.
A source, thought to be close to the Orihuela
government, has let it be known, although I have not been able to verify the validity, that the Town Council is to take the
principle of therapy as a cure for orientations that deviate from, what is considered as, the
norm a step further.
At the next Pleno the governing
tripartite team intend to present a motion to invest some money into
the Orihuela Costa area. A sum of 250,000 Euros is to included in
the budget for 2012 for the setting up of a new psychiatric clinic.
It is to be modelled on similar
principles of rehabilitation clinics, such as The Priory and the Betty Ford Clinic, which deal with drug and
alcohol dependency, and depression. However it's aims will be to re-educate
United Kingdom Ex-pats who have shown, and continue to show, an
unhealthy dependence on the political teachings of the CLARO party
and its leading guru.
The government believes that such a
dependency is both unhealthy for the individuals affected by it, but
also for the remaining 'normal' majority of the residents of the
town. With the
exclusion of the party's guru from the governing team
it is felt that its dependent supporters will develop an even
stronger feeling of isolation, rejection, invisibility to the rest
of the local society, and depression. This view is supported by research into the
behaviour of members of other extreme sects throughout the western
world.
The proposal is that in the first
instance the therapy sessions will offered 'free of charge' to
volunteers from the CLARO UK Ex-pat supporters group. In order to get the
sessions running without any unnecessary delay initially they will be
held at the Pizzeria Asturias Restaurant, Punta Prima, in Orihuela
Costa. It is felt that those needing the therapy will find this less
stressful as they will feel they are on home turf. At a later date a
bespoke building will be rented until the epidemic has been defeated and the 'Norm' has been re-established.
Should insufficient numbers take up
this offer of their own accord; the Town Council are also looking at
proposals that attendance on a course of treatment will be made
compulsory as a criteria for being included on the town's 'Padron'
(Register of Residents). Only those UK Ex-pats holding the
certificate issued on successful completion of the course of therapy
will be included on the register, and subsequently on the electoral
role. Those wishing to claim an exemption from the psychiatric
re-education will have to provide proof of membership of a legitimate
Spanish political party.
Various titles for the clinic will be
discussed when the motion is presented to the Town Council but it is
thought that the most obvious name for consideration will be the
'Pedro Mancebo Clinic', although the '
Bob Houliston Clinic' and the
'Together We Can Clinic' are in the running.
