The organization JONAH believes in reparative therapy and lists the support of R’ Aharon Feldman, Aish, R’ Shmuel Kamenetzky, the RCA, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, zt”l, among others.
The same group is being sued by those who have been psychologically damaged by their efforts.
This indicates top me that there is indeed more politicization of science, and less of our community embracing sound scientific evidence.
One of my strongest points of contention these days is the fact that “frum” people reject scientific and public health evidence on many things, whether it be brain stem death, abortion (the first Rishon Le Tzion of the State of Israel, the tzaddik haRav Benzion Meir Chai Uziel, zt”l, the same rabbi who opened Judaism to the children of intermarriage, affirmed the dignity of women in political, civic, and religious leadership, and affirmed the need for peaceful coexistence between Israel and her Arab cousins, also was a proponent of the dignity of women’s choice. He paskened that any abortion where there was even a ta’am kalush is one that halakha permits, for the broadest possible sake of saving a woman’s life, whether it be physical, emotional, psychological, social, or economic), vaccinations, or now, homosexuality, as well.