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Old 09-30-2012, 11:33 AM
 
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California has become the first state in the nation to ban therapy that tries to turn gay teens straight.

Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he has signed Senate Bill 1172, which prohibits children under age 18 from undergoing “sexual orientation change efforts.”
California becomes first state in nation to ban 'gay cure' therapy for children - U.S. News

Good. "Conversion therapy" for gay youth is akin to child abuse.

New Jersey is now considering banning it as well.

 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:42 AM
 
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Good for them! Now every one should do it. . .IT IS CHILD ABUSE, even if done to an adult!
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:48 AM
 
Location: West Egg
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What will they ban next?

Bloodletting to remove "negative humors"?
Drilling holes in the skulls of mental patients to let the demons out?

Oh, wait... those examples of medieval quackery have been long banned. But they're right on par with the laughable idea of "curing" gays.
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:50 AM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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This is good news. Let the hate groups go some where else to abuse teens.
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:50 AM
 
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California sucks.

Again.


Teaching your kids to be homosexuals is child abuse.

You really don't know what you're doing out there in California, do you?



Alright, socially engineer yourselves to be freaks. Make yourselves gay Mommies and Gay Daddies.

But don't expect a financial bail-out. It ain't going to happen.


Child abuse is telling your kid that he should have oral/anal sex with another teenager. And with the parent's blessing.


What is wrong with you people?



And so there will probably be a "therapy" referral so that kids can be told how to get the most out of being gay. How much will that cost the state of California?
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:51 AM
 
Location: Where they serve real ale.
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No one is teaching anyone to be gay. BTW I am very happy I live in a civilized state and not some horrible red state where this kind of abuse is tolerated.

As for financial bailouts, we've been contributing far more then any other state at least for the last 70 years and we're still financially supporting most of our worthless welfare sucking red state countrymen. So who exactly has been getting bailouts and subsidies?
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:53 AM
 
Location: Albuquerque, NM
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Alright, socially engineer yourselves to be freaks.
Wouldn't 'gay conversion therapy' be 'social engineering'?
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:55 AM
 
Location: West Egg
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Wouldn't 'gay conversion therapy' be 'social engineering'?
Yep.

The never-ending unintentional irony would be amusing if it wasn't based on such destructive hatred...
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:56 AM
 
Location: The D-M-V area
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For people who have unwanted same sex attraction, that therapy can be helpful. Gays constantly try to claim that change therapy is harmful, but even the APA says there's no research to support those claims.

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Although accusations of harm are often made regarding Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), the American
Psychological Association admits that the research to date does not support such claims (APA, 2009). Despite the lack of research to support claims of harm, those claims continue to be made, including claims that SOCE actually contribute to a greater risk of suicide. What exactly does the research reveal? This summary of the research, taken from Whitehead (2010), reveals that providing psychological care to persons with unwanted homosexual thoughts and feelings does not increase a client’s suicide risk.
NARTH » Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Do Not Lead to Increased Suicide Attempts
 
Old 09-30-2012, 11:57 AM
 
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Alright, socially engineer yourselves to be freaks. Make yourselves gay Mommies and Gay Daddies.

But don't expect a financial bail-out. It ain't going to happen.
lol... That's comical. Leave it to right-wing California-haters to make a link between banning conversion therapy and a financial bailout - which is just another empty grenade that you all like to hurl.
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