Can't say that this news really surprises me. Jeff Bezos is all about the money, no matter who may be hurt by what his company sells.
A leading British author has condemned Amazon for selling books that promote gay “cures”. Damian Barr, the celebrated memoirist, told BuzzFeed News that the online bookseller is promoting hatred, abuse and self-harm by featuring guides for the “treatment” of homosexuality. His account in Maggie and Me of abuse while growing up gay in Scotland in the 1980s earned him awards and international acclaim.
There are numerous examples of such books on Amazon that advocate so-called “reparative therapy” including: “A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Homosexuality”, “Healing Homosexuality”, “Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality”, and “How a Gay Boy Became A Straight Man”. It was spotting the first of these by Joseph Nicolosi, one of the former leaders of the gay “cure” movement, on the site that prompted Barr to speak publicly about the issue.
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