For children, I don't have a problem with banning it. For adults, no. You cannot ban stupid decisions.
Incorrect. Parents should not be able to force children to do things that will cause them harm.That's something that parents ought to decide.
That's something that parents ought to decide.
So adults should not be allow to seek such treatments?
There's nothing normal about Gay Bowel Syndrome.
There are currently 9 states which ban gay conversion therapy on minors as of 6/9/17. There are also 19 other cities including DC banning conversion therapy.
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There are also pending bills in Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._jurisdictions_banning_conversion_therapy_for_minors
Incorrect. Parents should not be able to force children to do things that will cause them harm.
An obsolete and derogatory term that nobody uses anymore, but I realize you'll grasp at straws to justify your hatred.
It's a mental dysfunction.
Scientists find DNA differences between gay men and their straight twin brothers - LA TimesScientists find DNA differences between gay men and their straight twin brothers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prenatal_hormones_and_sexual_orientationThe hormonal theory of sexuality holds that, just as exposure to certain hormones plays a role in fetal sex differentiation, such exposure also influences the sexual orientation that emerges later in the adult.
If only nice words made the symptoms go away.
Well, in face of all the other treatments that "adults" seek for themselves, I see your point. Even where I disagree with your previous premise.Off hand it seems to be a misdirection of the sex drive.
No big deal but stopping adults from seeking treatment for themselves seem wrong.
What do symptoms have to do with people having the autonomous right to decide who they want to love and have sex with?
Every orientation contracts STIs. Mind your own business.
Does it make you mad that being gay is a totally normal thing?
Monogamous heterosexual sex does not contract STD's.
Monogamous heterosexual sex does not contract STD's.
This (bolded).!!!!:Neither does monogamous homosexual sex.
Mind your own business.
So homosexuals in monogamous relationships somehow magically contract STIs?
There's nothing normal about Gay Bowel Syndrome.
It's a mental dysfunction.
I voted yes; however, I would be very worried about how such laws would be interpreted and would want a very strict definition attached to any bill. I’d vote yes because there are many adults & children who report "conversion therapy" as traumatic with zero to little benefit; there is clear motive for it to still be practiced, and I have not seen any credible evidence showing it “works” in which case we might consider strict regulation instead of a ban, and I mention regulation as although I personally see little difference if myself or one of my family was homosexual; that is far from true for everyone. I also would add I think homosexuality is a “category of behaviour”(demographic) that has and does get targeted for violence and needs to have laws protective in nature, I mention this as strongly believe in as few laws as is reasonable.
My concerns are exactly what I hint at when I talk about regulation over a ban. There are homosexual children who are not comfortable to the point of suicide as they are and who do not respond to just being told its alright to homosexual. Any person has the right to and help with an attempt to change their psychology for the better [feeling good in themselves; changing a behaviour/attraction/trait/ect.) even if goes against a strong norm, which in this case I am referring to the growing social positivity to homosexuality as a minority culture within our own. I worry for kids which by such a law would be forced into programs and treatments which ignore their chosen issue of concern and the noted mental health declines that have been seen following this approach including suicide. And before, people talk about religiosity; you’d be shock at how traumatic removal of someone from their values norms can be and how common these feelings are even among those in very liberal secular social circles.
I only wish I had more faith in our law makers because honestly a policy promise of this by someone would likely ring more red flags than supportive enthusiasm despite it being very important and being something which is actively hurting children :-|
I voted yes; however, I would be very worried about how such laws would be interpreted and would want a very strict definition attached to any bill. I’d vote yes because there are many adults & children who report "conversion therapy" as traumatic with zero to little benefit; there is clear motive for it to still be practiced, and I have not seen any credible evidence showing it “works” in which case we might consider strict regulation instead of a ban, and I mention regulation as although I personally see little difference if myself or one of my family was homosexual; that is far from true for everyone. I also would add I think homosexuality is a “category of behaviour”(demographic) that has and does get targeted for violence and needs to have laws protective in nature, I mention this as strongly believe in as few laws as is reasonable.
My concerns are exactly what I hint at when I talk about regulation over a ban. There are homosexual children who are not comfortable to the point of suicide as they are and who do not respond to just being told its alright to homosexual. Any person has the right to and help with an attempt to change their psychology for the better [feeling good in themselves; changing a behaviour/attraction/trait/ect.) even if goes against a strong norm, which in this case I am referring to the growing social positivity to homosexuality as a minority culture within our own. I worry for kids which by such a law would be forced into programs and treatments which ignore their chosen issue of concern and the noted mental health declines that have been seen following this approach including suicide. And before, people talk about religiosity; you’d be shock at how traumatic removal of someone from their values norms can be and how common these feelings are even among those in very liberal secular social circles.
I only wish I had more faith in our law makers because honestly a policy promise of this by someone would likely ring more red flags than supportive enthusiasm despite it being very important and being something which is actively hurting children :-|
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