Posted by:
Tall Man, Short Hair
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Date: April 20, 2018 08:31PM
Lot's Wife Wrote:
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> That is not at all what the bill does.
>
> It simply makes conversion therapy subject to
> consumer protection laws. People who want to
> explore their sexuality, decide they are
> heterosexuals suffering from SSA, and seek
> treatment to overcome that "suffering" are free to
> do so.
>
> The California bill merely stipulates that
> providers of conversion therapy be subject to the
> same laws as hair dressers and gardeners. There
> are roughly a dozen states that have similar laws
> on the books.
>
> This has nothing to do with state suppression of
> freedom of speech, let alone the taxation of
> religion.
Here's the link to the bill:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2943The salient portion is its outlawing of “sexual orientation change efforts” This is described as, "efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex."
Explain to me how a counselor should respond to a patient who presents herself as dissatisfied with her homosexual lifestyle and wanting to explore if she can change. The counselor is forbidden by law from suggesting she change behavior, reduce her sexual interactions, or even question her feelings.
Now tell me again how this is not an infringement on speech.