Amazon's anti-gay world view

That's it, Amazon will no longer be getting any of my money. I will no longer use the online shop for anything until it changes a policy that now considers books with homosexual characters -- or positively deal with homosexuality -- as adult books, no different from pornography. It becomes another form of censorship, when an international bookseller purposely skews data or feed its clients ignorance, instead of keeping them informed.

I conducted a non-scientific analysis of Amazon's treatment of homosexuality, by comparing how Amazon UK, Canada and the US treats homosexuality. The findings:
  1. Amazon UK
    Search term: homosexuality
    Results: Can Homosexuality be Healed? by Francis MacNutt - 1-star rating; A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Joseph Nicolosi and Linda Nicolosi - 1-star rating; A Natural History of Homosexuality by Dr. Francis Mark Mondimore MD - 4.5-star rating; The Greeks And Greek Love: A Radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality In Ancient Greece by James Davidson - 4-star rating; My Undoing by Aiden Shaw - 4-star rating.
    Analysis: It's interesting to note that the first two books are not positive or fair and balanced in their views, and have a lower rating, yet, appear first in the search.
  2. Amazon Canada
    Search term: homosexuality
    Results: Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron - 5-star rating; The Gay Man's Kama Sutra by Terry Sanderson - no rating; And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, and Henry Cole - 5-star rating; Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality, Revised and Expanded Edition: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church by Jack Rogers - no rating; Out of the Shadows, Into the Light: Christianity and Homosexuality by Miguel De La Torre - no rating; Homosexuality in Islam: Islamic Reflection on Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender Muslims by Scott Kugle - no rating.
    Analysis: The books in that topped the search in Canada all appear fair and balanced, even though ratings did not appear for three of the top 5.
  3. Amazon US
    Search term: homosexuality
    Results: A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality by Joseph Nicolosi and Linda Ames Nicolosi - 2-star rating; What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel A. Helminiak - 4-star rating; Homosexuality and Civilization by Louis Crompton - 5-star rating; 101 Frequently Asked Questions About Homosexuality by Mike Haley - 4-star rating; Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality, Revised and Expanded Edition: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church by Jack Rogers - 4-star rating.
    Analysis: Again, as in the UK search, the book that tops the search, is ranked lower than others -- and it is unbalanced in its view of homosexuality.

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