Posted on 04/22/2018 9:46:40 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
A new California pro-LGBTQ bill that would ban the sale or distribution of materials related to conversion therapy easily passed the states assembly on Thursday.
CBS News affiliate KOVR reported the final tally was 50-14. Assembly Bill 2943 now heads to the Democrat-controlled Senate.
The bill would make it an unlawful business practice to engage in any transaction intended to result or that results in the sale or lease of goods or services to any consumer aimed at sexual orientation change efforts with an individual.
Goods would include any books or written materials, while services would encompass counseling individuals seeking to address same-sex attractions.
According to the Los Angeles Times, One key part of the debate centers on whether Assembly Bill 2943 would stretch beyond businesses that charge for (conversion) programs and extend to printed documents, even Bibles.
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Time for all Christians to get the H-E-double-hockey sticks out of there.
Sin angers Him on general principle, but there are certain sins He especially hates: hindering people from coming to Him, hindering people from following Him, hindering the spread of His Word and especially that of corrupting children; that sin is expressly singled out for an exceptionally severe judgment.
Read Matt. 18:6 and Luke 17:2.
II Tim. 3:1-5 describes that corollary perfectly; one of the traits described is “haters of good” in verse 3.
There have been studies that find a few "bits" of DNA (the the midst of millions of bits) which seem to be orientation markers, but even that's just correlation: there's no sign of actual causation.
This article discusses the latest speculation.
Therefore there seems to be more attention paid now to intrauterine influence including maternal hormones and endocrine disruptors such as phytoestrogens, disrupted early childhood socialization, and damaging childhood experiences such as sexual abuse.
Even there, they're looking at factors that influence sexual orientation. That's quite different from determining it.
Heh. Looks like pretty close to unanimous consent.
I think maybe anything that would be considered "sharp" left that state a long time ago.. :)
How would explain the Church of Rev. Jeremiah Wright... He certainly had no qualms about preaching politics...
California is drifting quickly into a totalitarian mindset.
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