Comments on: CA Senate committee passes bill to ban sexual orientation change efforts for minors https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/05/09/ca-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-ban-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-for-minors/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 22:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: David Roberts https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/05/09/ca-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-ban-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-for-minors/#comment-94919 Wed, 30 May 2018 22:21:25 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11510#comment-94919

What’s with Travolta?

You can’t be serious. 

]]> By: Zoe Brain https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/05/09/ca-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-ban-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-for-minors/#comment-73719 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:03 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11510#comment-73719 In case you didn’t read the URL I gave you… there are still a tiny handful of therapists who will authorise leucotomies to “get rid of the gay” in “pre-homosexual” 8-yr olds.

NARTH is by no means the worst – just one of the worst in the mainstream. On the fringes, it can get pretty bad.

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/05/09/ca-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-ban-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-for-minors/#comment-73726 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:03 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11510#comment-73726 Why haven’t they set this standard? They set standards for other things related to patient care. I don’t get it.

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/05/09/ca-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-ban-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-for-minors/#comment-73727 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:30:03 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11510#comment-73727 Michael Bussee asked:

May 11, 2012 at 11:08 am

“Why a law?”

Because the various medical/psychological/social work and counseling associations haven’t set any such standards. Also, not everyone who might attempt SOCE requires a license.

]]> By: Michael Bussee https://wthrockmorton.com/2012/05/09/ca-senate-committee-passes-bill-to-ban-sexual-orientation-change-efforts-for-minors/#comment-73367 Wed, 30 May 2018 17:28:02 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=11510#comment-73367 Every consumer has the right to informed consent. And kids should not be subjected to unproven and potentially harmful “treatment”.

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