same sex attraction disorder

From the 2/6/07 episode of BOSTON LEGAL:

Has anyone ever heard of restless leg syndrome? It's where you move
your leg around in your sleep. It's awful. You may have it. May not
keep you awake; may not harm you in any way; may not bother you in
the slightest. But it's awful. The pharmaceutical companies have
declared it so, so they've invented a drug and you simply must take
it.

If you haven't heard of restless leg syndrome, then you probably
have attention deficit disorder. Awful … there's a lot of drugs for
that one. You must take them.

You're depressed …
You're not sleeping enough …
You think you're shy, but you've actually got a social anxiety
disorder.
Weak stream …
Irritable bowel syndrome …
You people have all kinds of ailments that you don't know about.
Luckily we've got drugs for every one of them. You must take them.

(At this point the judge interrupts and asks what the lawyer is
talking about. The following is his reply.)

Same sex attraction disorder. And what troubles me is why the folks
in big pharmaceutical companies haven't invented a pill for this
disease. Clearly they're in the business of selling sickness. If
there was a profit to be made, they would make it. And with an
estimated gay population of over 10 million people just in the US
alone, there certainly is a big enough market. Could it be that they can't cure it?



Well, not to worry. If big pharmaceutical can't do it, maybe big
religion can. And they are. They are the ones who have coined the
term 'same sex attraction disorder.' It's a very good name. And a
good name is very important. It's the crucial first step in
disqualifying homosexuals as a segment of the population and
categorizing them as a disease. It makes homosexuals seem less like
people and more like … the flu. And with terrible, awful symptoms.
But curable. And therefore, less concerning when it comes to things
like an individual's rights, freedom, privacy, marriage.

Big religion is very concerned with marriage. Big religion is the
one filling the pockets of Congress and actually got them to propose
a Constitutional ban on gay marriage. Think about that. A
governmentally imposed, systematic prejudice against a class based
on their sexual orientation. Nevermind that one of the most trusted
evangelical advisors to the president was himself having a
homosexual affair on the side. Nevermind that one of our Congressman
was writing naughty emails to his teenage male pages. Isn't it just
a disease? And I just thought that it was curable. That's what they
told me down at the church.

Well, you can legislate against it, you can give it a clever name
and treat people for it, you can shut your eyes and have sex with
your wife and pretend it all feels right. You can join the church
and swear to be celibate for the rest of your life; you can drive
around on a Saturday night with a baseball bat and try to beat it
out of some poor soul you happen to meet. You can even come to this
courtroom and testify about your "new leaf" and how well it's all
working. What a miracle. My only response is … give it time, we'll
see.

Meanwhile, this company took $40,000 from my client promising to
cure him of his gayness. Only in America, only in a country that overtly and notoriously celebrates its prejudice against a class of people by proposing constitutional amendments. God bless us all. Home of the brave.