Comments on: Intervention: Tressa – Follow up

By: jmn

jmn — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:39:10 +0000

glad to see Tressa survived. it's a shame her close-minded family cannot see past their arcane beliefs and accept her for who she is.

all the best, Tressa.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:46:00 +0000

We all have our weaknesses. The nature of a man is to want more than one sexual pardner. But, because we have a choice to exhibit good character and because we love our wives we don't yield to our baser nature. It is not a sin to be a lesbian. You may have been born with that bent or acquired it as you grew up. It is however a sin to practice lesbianism, or to act out your pedophile tendencies,the same as it would be for me to have an affair. I have the highest admiration for those who are constantly tempted, but choose not to sin. The Bible says God loves all sinners and we have all sinned. Christians are to love all people regardless of their life choices. Jesus died for sinners and the good news is He is the Savior. Their is nothing loving about seeing people enslaved by sin and not trying to help them and calling that compassion!!

By: Lux

Lux — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:31:50 +0000

Pretty sure I saw Tressa at Claim Jumper in Long Beach yesterday w/ a chick and what appeared to be her gf's parents or something. AWESOME!

By: Lux

Lux — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:31:50 +0000

Pretty sure I saw Tressa at Claim Jumper in Long Beach yesterday w/ a chick and what appeared to be her gf's parents or something. AWESOME!

By: Dennis Sullivan

Dennis Sullivan — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:05:52 +0000

Tressa, You can do it. Your sexual preference is your own. God made you that way. There is nothing wrong with you.

All my best for you,

Dennis

By: anon

anon — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:32:21 +0000

As a straight male, I just can't imagine how tough it must have been to be her. It just seems like she got such a raw deal. At some point it just doesn't matter what her family thinks. The FAMILY needs an intervention to come to grips with what their daughter / sister / is… a lesbian. BIG DEAL! GET OVER IT. This poor woman has to get sober and then get in touch with the gay community that DOESN'T do drugs.
I'd like to start an intervention show for religious families with gay children. Quit making your children hate themselves!

If one person has a delusion, it's called insanity. If a group of people have a delusion, it's called religion. (someone smart)

By: Pearl Caster

Pearl Caster — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:57:59 +0000

BTW the above comment is based on an online article I read a few months ago regarding Tressa and being ex-gay. I hope that the followup intervention video is more recent and that she isn't actually an ex-gay. She speaks of having a relationship with a female in the followup. I hope that's true and that she's able to come to terms with her sexuality instead of denying/repressing it.

By: Pearl Caster

Pearl Caster — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:41:50 +0000

Usury is also a sin. Jesus crashed and threw out all the moneylenders in the temple while he was alive. Yet we openly condone credit card companies who charge mega-usurious rates of interest. Conveniently this is forgotten or glossed over by 99.9% of religious groups in the name of modernity (or no name at all). Ditto for shopping on Sundays.

God also hates figs and shellfish. But we eat those without a second thought. The problem with this line of thought guys is that if you're going to take the bible at literal value, you can't just pick which parts of the bible to take literally and ignore the rest. The whole thing is a living code.

I'm amazed nobody from the Christian groups in the States have made a connection to the world economic situation and god punishing us sinners for engaging in usury.

By: Pearl Caster

Pearl Caster — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:37:34 +0000

Unfortunately Tressa as part of her treatment apparently has become an ex-gay and is now dating a man, admitting she now believes lesbianism is a sin. It's so sad because although she admitted on the show that the gay scene had so much to do with her initial addiction (getting her into drugs), her healing has now come to revolve around the rejection of her lesbianism. How long do you really think that repression is going to last? If she really can't help being gay (sin or no sin) then dontcha think if she starts having lesbianic feelings again she might link this inexorably with her addiction, and return to drugs?

By linking heterosexuality with sobriety, these “therapists” are setting the stage for any return to lesbianism to equate to a return to drugs. This is borderline negligence based on what science is available.

By: SomeChick

SomeChick — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:23:47 +0000

This may not be what you want to hear nor will it be the popular opinion But I believe the bible and I take what it says to its literal meaning – it says that being gay is a sin. BUT guess what – lying, cheating, stealing, and living together while you are unmarried is ALSO a sin and who of any of us can say we haven't done at least one of the above? God doesn't stop loving you because you are a sinner and unless you walk the earth free of sin yourself, then who are you to judge anyone else.
I think Tressa's parents are very conservative and take the “tough love” approach and apply it to how God sees his children. God hasn't abandoned Tressa and her parents shouldn't act as if he has. I know they love her dearly, but they need to stop stating that she will go to hell for being gay — if sinning = going to hell then we would all be going to hell in a hand-basket.