“Later on in the segment [James Dobson] tries to define what causes homosexuality to Larry King. He says his opinion is a wee bit controversial, but I say it’s bat shit crazy.”
James Amato, Crooks and Liars, which has the video of Dobson with Larry King.
Dobson’s controversial thinking:
[Homosexuality] usually comes out of very, very early childhood, and this is very controversial, but this is what I believe and many other people believe, that is has to do with an identity crisis that occurs to early to remember it, where a boy is born with an attachment to his mother and she is everything to him for about 18 months, and between 18 months and five years, he needs to detach from her and to reattach to his father.
It’s a very important developmental task and if his dad is gone or abusive or disinterested or maybe there’s just not a good fit there. What’s he going to do? He remains bonded to his mother and…