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Message Subject California bans gay "conversion" therapy for minors
Poster Handle Anonymous Coward
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God you guys are seriously whacked out right wing nutters trying to confuse a very straight forward issue - that LICENSED psychologists have no business trying to "convert" gay or bisexual people underage. I've heard stories of people who were forced into such "sessions" by their cruel, undeserving-of-offspring "parents" and have gone through hell. If you want to spend your own time convincing the child you're supposed to love unconditionally that he or she needs to change or be disowned/burn in hell, then that's you're business (sadly) - but NO real psychologist should be brought in to assist your immoral, insane, insidious persuit. It is the government and the state's job to regulate these people, as they regulate many other industries from quackery and psudeoscience - I.e. medicine. Especially when the mental or physical health of people is being compromised. Conversion therapy is inhunane, ineffective and wholly rejected by every major organisation representing the field of psychology given the substantial evidence pointing to its ineffectualness and harmful nature.

Get a grip. The state has a duty to protect minors.
 Quoting: Devilmay 22040735


NO. You're wrong. PARENTS have a duty to protect their children. Now...if the parents are dead or unfit, then it is the state's job to protect wards of the state. HOWEVER...make a rule towards them only...not towards every child in the state. Your opinion sounds VERY communistic and socialistic. I will raise my family the way I see fit and no government agency will tell me otherwise.
 Quoting: American Trappers, LLC


Here they go again!... True to form as yet another obvious, typical right-wing reactionary nutjob. And that's not character assasination by any means - unlike your ridiculous knee-jerk labelling me as "socialistic/communistic" - another laughable demonising tactic of the Fox News-inspired far Right. You guys are becoming so predictable it's unreal.

As for your strawman argument - I never said you didn't have the right to raise your kids as you see fit. That's not even what the law is about - it's about regulating a professional industry. If you wish to try and "convert" your gay son or daughter then go ahead - sad as that would be. But no licensed "professionals" please. The state has a job to both regulate the medical industry and protect the mental and psychical health of minors. Such "therapy" is demonstratably harmful.
 
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