Gay rights groups slam 'irresponsible' TV show "My Husband's Not Gay"
Opponents say 'My Husband's Not Gay' sends the wrong message about sexual orientation
Preston "Pret" Dahlgren has led what might seem like a perfect Mormon life. He met his bride in religious classes as a teenager, completed his mission and married her. He is active in the church and the proud father of two young daughters.
Dahlgren also is attracted to men.
His story is the subject of a new TV show called "My Husband's Not Gay," which gay-rights advocacy groups are calling irresponsible and dangerous. They want the TLC cable network to pull the plug on the programme before it airs on Sunday.
Dahlgren and another Mormon man from Utah featured in the show said they're happy in their marriages, and they hoped the program gives stories like theirs a foothold in the conversation about sexuality.
Dahlgren, 32, said he's known he was attracted to men since he was about 12-years-old, but he also wanted the kind of family he grew up in - a father, mother and children.
The gay rights group GLAAD, however, said the show sends the wrong message and is a sad reminder of so-called gay conversion therapy, often faith-based efforts designed to change sexual orientation that can be emotionally scarring. New Jersey and California in 2013 banned therapists from practicing gay conversion therapy on children and teenagers. The American Medical Association and the American Psychological Association do not support the therapy.