By a single vote, New Hampshire permits teens not to want to be gay

American Thinker ^ | 01/10/2018 | Ed Straker

[SeekAndFind]

A recent trend in many states is to outlaw "conversion therapy," where people who are unhappy with homosexual inclinations go through therapy to dispense with those inclinations.  Even though the process is voluntary, liberal states cannot tolerate the idea of someone with same-sex attractions wanting help to get rid of them.

In the U.S., state governments are beginning to outlaw conversion therapy in growing numbers.  California became the first to do so in 2012.  Eight other states have banned it in some form since.  In 2017 alone, Nevada, New Mexico, and Connecticut have signed their own bans into law.

Now New Hampshire, by a single vote, has failed to pass a bill that would have prevented teenagers with homosexual tendencies from getting therapy to get rid of those tendencies.

The bills sought to prohibit counselors from proposing or engaging in treatments to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity [sic].  The House bill was defeated by one vote, 166-165, after House [s]peaker Gene Chandler, a Republican, broke a tie.  The Senate version of the bill, which the House was voting on as well, was also narrowly defeated, 170-169, with Mr. Chandler's vote.

Opponents said the bill could have prevented minors from discussing "unwanted" same-sex attraction with a qualified counselor.

"Now, I would be against coercive therapy, but what about those who want help from a professional?" Representative Mark Pearson, a Republican, said while addressing lawmakers on Tuesday ahead of the vote.

The bill is "unnecessary at best," he added, "and quite possibly harmful to youngsters [who] want an honest conversation."

It's interesting that liberals want children to be able to take dangerous hormones and to mutilate their bodies

[MrEdd]

It’s like every other behavior change program.
Sometimes it works, some times it doesn’t, and which way it works out depends both on how much the person in question puts in effort, and whether that methodology matched that person.

Attaching and impossible standard of 100 percent success rate has been the standard leftard way to oppose these programs.

[napscoordinator]

Attaching and impossible standard of 100 percent success rate has been the standard leftard way to oppose these programs.

I bet it is under 2 percent.....probably lower. You can scream liberal all day long. This is ruining lives......wives and children mostly. Yes the typical women and children tag but this time is is true.

[txrefugee]

You can see these poor creatures out and about now. They don’t look like women and in spite of men’s haircuts and wearing men’s clothes, they don’t look like men, either. Sad.

[MrEdd]

You can (and people exactly like you in every way do) say the same about Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

The genesis of your position and theirs is the exact same if examined even in a cursory manner: if there is not a 100 percent success rate every place the program is tried, then the program is worthless and damaging.

All of you are Pharisees.

[MrEdd]

Your source for your assertion?

[heartwood]

Likely they have polycystic ovarian syndrome - a metabolic disorder producing insulin resistance and hence weight gain with a thick waist, decreased fertility, increased androgen production, leading to masculinized features, etc. Women with PCOS are more likely to be lesbian by inclination, and men can be cruelly rejecting to women with a masculine appearance.

[Redleg Duke]

According to liberals, that is:

“Your body...Our Choice”!

Sieg Heil!

[ViLaLuz]

Lesbians as a group have one of the highest levels of domestic violence, including murder. The homosexual men in addition suffer injury within their bodies, but the women suffer in their minds. Homosexuality is a horrible affliction for both sexes.