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Silver Member
A first-of-its-kind ban on a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay people straight is speeding through the California statehouse.
Supporters say the legislation, which passed its final Senate committee Tuesday, is necessary because such treatments are ineffective and harmful.
"This therapy can be dangerous," said the bill's author Sen. Ted Lieu. The Torrance Democrat added the treatments can "cause extreme depression and guilt" that sometimes leads to suicide.
Conservative religious groups emphatically reject that view of sexual orientation therapy and say the ban would interfere with parents' rights to seek appropriate psychological care for their children.
The bill would prohibit so-called reparative therapy for minors and obligate adults seeking the treatment to sign a release form that states that the counseling is ineffectual and possibly dangerous.
Read more: California weighs legislation to ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy | Fox News
Let me start off by saying that I am certain that people (or at least boys) are born gay and that this "therapy" is probably bogus and ineffective. However...
I do not like when the government intrudes on religion, interferes with parenting, and/or BANS anything that might be deemed "ineffective". How many therapy programs don't work? Should we ban them all?
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