Christy bans gay conversion "therapy"

[Stephanie]

The only choice progressives think you should have is for you to choose to kill your babies... Otherwise they know better.

yep, everything else they get to choose for you and you better LIKE IT...

 

[Katzndogz]

There are children who have been the victims of grooming by adult gays. These children believed they were gay because the influential adults in their lives told them they were. They are not gay. They will have trouble separating what they were told from what they are feeling. Helping these unfortunates should not be considered conversion therapy.

 

[kiwiman127]

There are children who have been the victims of grooming by adult gays. These children believed they were gay because the influential adults in their lives told them they were. They are not gay. They will have trouble separating what they were told from what they are feeling. Helping these unfortunates should not be considered conversion therapy.

Link?

 

[kiwiman127]

REALLY? since when don't PARENTS have rights in this country over their OWN CHILDREN?
now the government is THE PARENT?
some of you people don't deserve to live free or have children you see this as a good thing stepping on Parents RIGHTS

So parents must be allowed to poison and/or molest their children because that is their "Parents RIGHTS"?

resort to the dramatics...this is a THREAPY...
what right does Christy have to decide what is good or NOT...
some of you are so helpless you can't make decisions for yourself or your families..
cheering this by Christy proves it

Stephanie, there have been studies done on this "therapy' by psychological professionals, the results I posted within post #66. The results show why there are a very good reasons not to let a novice to mental health to make such a decision. That's like letting a parent perform heart surgery on their kids and theyhave never touch a scalpel in their life.

 

[Derideo_Te]

There are children who have been the victims of grooming by adult gays. These children believed they were gay because the influential adults in their lives told them they were. They are not gay. They will have trouble separating what they were told from what they are feeling. Helping these unfortunates should not be considered conversion therapy.

Please provide credible substantiation for this allegation.

 

[Stephanie]

So parents must be allowed to poison and/or molest their children because that is their "Parents RIGHTS"?

resort to the dramatics...this is a THREAPY...
what right does Christy have to decide what is good or NOT...
some of you are so helpless you can't make decisions for yourself or your families..
cheering this by Christy proves it

Stephanie, there have been studies done on this "therapy' by psychological professionals, the results I posted within post #66. The results show why there are a very good reasons not to let a novice to mental health to make such a decision. That's like letting a parent perform heart surgery on their kids and theyhave never touch a scalpel in their life.

there are studies on everything and we can pick out both from the good and the bad
still doesn't give a Governor the right TO BAN anything..there are studies showing abortion is harmful but let him try and BAN THAT..all frikken hell would break loose...I'm talking about a government who feels it has a right to make the decision for a parent...I could care less about some threapy

 

[GHook93]

Chris Christie To Sign Gay Conversion Therapy Ban

Gov. Chris Christie plans to sign a bill Monday barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight, making New Jersey the second state to ban so-called conversion therapy, along with California.

The bill passed both houses of the New Jersey Legislature with bipartisan support in June. Assemblyman Tim Eustace, who sponsored the bill and is openly gay, described the therapy as "an insidious form of child abuse."

Well ............ its a start.

And, looks more and ore like he's running for prez.

About his stomach stapling surgery - does it look like he's lost weight?

Stomach staple, he's fat! How original!

 

[GHook93]

Glad it was banned. It amounts to child abuse, and any parent who takes their kid to these quacks needs to be charged.

What do you know about child abuse you stupid twat!

 

[ClosedCaption]

Lots of ex-gays say it works. But we can't believe them, right? How in the hell would they know?

Lots of witches say Witchcraft works

Lots of liberals confuse the non sequitur with intelligent discourse.

Seems to me if someone says they used to be homosexual and now are not, they'd be the ones to know, wouldn't they?

I suppose they should ask a government official for confirmation.

sure yeah, because the way to find out if things work isn't to test, research and provide likely conclusions. Its ask someone who believes in it if it's true. Funny thing about that is that 100% of the people who believe in something also agree 100% that that thing Is right.

Stunning stats right?

 

[Seawytch]

wow, abortion works...we've become a hopeless sick society

homosexual therapy=bad
aborting your children=GOOD AND WORKS

More like

Homo therapy = Bad BECAUSE it doesn't work
Abortion = Bad BUT it Works

Lots of ex-gays say it works. But we can't believe them, right? How in the hell would they know?

No, actually they don't. The success rate of the most often, harmful, reparative "therapy" is less than 2%.

 

[PoliticalChic]

It's threads like this that show you how far out of touch with reality the far right has become. Look at the whack jobs in this thread who can't understand how someone with an (R) next to their name would ever do something reasonable like this.

And you people wonder why your candidates keep losing major elections.

Why it it 'reasonable' to remove an option, a choice, that was formerly open to free men and women?


Any who chose not to avail themselves of the choice....didn't choose it.


Why do you bow at the alter of 'government knows what's best for everyone'?



Demand to make your own decisions.....as conservatives do.

I can give you plenty of reasons why

1) You can't reverse gay
2) This is banning the practice being used on children. Children who are struggling enough with who they are and facing that they are gay in a world full of people who will look down on them, simply for being who they are. Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work. It will only confuse them further.
3) This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different.

You're welcome

"I can give you plenty of reasons why"
And I can destroy every one......watch:



1. "1) You can't reverse gay"
Of course you can. Anne Heche did, that she is heterosexual.
In 2001, a year after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she has a son. Since their separation in 2007 (they divorced in 2009), she has lived with actor James Tupper, with whom she also has a son. Anne Heche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and

"I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice," Nixon said, to the chagrin of many disapproving homosexual activists.
"You don't get to define my gayness for me," Nixon added.
Cynthia Nixon Responds to Critics of 'Gay by Choice' Comments

No matter what aspect of sexuality you name, it can placed on a spectrum....and as far as permanence, it has been shown to exist anywhere from 'always' to 'never'....and that encompasses 'sometimes.'


a. "In other words, for the minority who may have experimented with gay relationships at some juncture in their lives, well over 80% explicitly renounced homosexual (or even bisexual) self-identification by age of 35. For the clear majority of males (as well as women) who report gay encounters, homosexual activity appears to represent a passing phase, or even a fleeting episode, rather than an unshakable, genetically pre-determined orientation."
Column: Does it matter if only 1.4% of people are gay? - USATODAY.com



b. The CDC released a study indicating that many, if not most, tend to move away from homosexuality as they get older; by the time they get to middle age, the rate of self-identified homosexuality among women plummets well below 1%.

Read the study yourself:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr036.pdf

That's one misconception destroyed.


Now....as wrong as you have just been shown to be about this ....can you imagine how many other areas you've been mislead about.

Think about it.


2. "This is banning the practice being used on children."
Children are the charge of their parents.
While the 'therapy' is often used on young adults....if it is used on small children, I say let their parents decide.....not you, or the governor.....or the state.


a. "Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work."

Does this count?
 In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that eleven former homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a Pentecostal church.[3]
Homosexuality Statistics - Conservapedia

And....If it doesn't work, why are you so worried about it?



3. "This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different."

Of course it does.....removing choice is the hallmark of you busibody Libs.
"...not be pushed in to it by overbearing..." Parents making their best decisions for their own children.....that's being 'overbearing'?
Sounds like a totalitarian who can't stand folks not agreeing with him.
Perhaps you require some sort of tolerance-therapy?

"...can't handle that their child just might be a little different."
That's your business?
Seems to me that's the reason folks send the young un's to soccer, violin lessons, math classes..... Overbearing?


Time for you Libs to be put in your place.

 

[Lumpy 1]

Why it it 'reasonable' to remove an option, a choice, that was formerly open to free men and women?


Any who chose not to avail themselves of the choice....didn't choose it.


Why do you bow at the alter of 'government knows what's best for everyone'?



Demand to make your own decisions.....as conservatives do.

I can give you plenty of reasons why

1) You can't reverse gay
2) This is banning the practice being used on children. Children who are struggling enough with who they are and facing that they are gay in a world full of people who will look down on them, simply for being who they are. Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work. It will only confuse them further.
3) This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different.

You're welcome

"I can give you plenty of reasons why"
And I can destroy every one......watch:



1. "1) You can't reverse gay"
Of course you can. Anne Heche did, that she is heterosexual.
In 2001, a year after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she has a son. Since their separation in 2007 (they divorced in 2009), she has lived with actor James Tupper, with whom she also has a son. Anne Heche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and

"I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice," Nixon said, to the chagrin of many disapproving homosexual activists.
"You don't get to define my gayness for me," Nixon added.
Cynthia Nixon Responds to Critics of 'Gay by Choice' Comments

No matter what aspect of sexuality you name, it can placed on a spectrum....and as far as permanence, it has been shown to exist anywhere from 'always' to 'never'....and that encompasses 'sometimes.'


a. "In other words, for the minority who may have experimented with gay relationships at some juncture in their lives, well over 80% explicitly renounced homosexual (or even bisexual) self-identification by age of 35. For the clear majority of males (as well as women) who report gay encounters, homosexual activity appears to represent a passing phase, or even a fleeting episode, rather than an unshakable, genetically pre-determined orientation."
Column: Does it matter if only 1.4% of people are gay? - USATODAY.com



b. The CDC released a study indicating that many, if not most, tend to move away from homosexuality as they get older; by the time they get to middle age, the rate of self-identified homosexuality among women plummets well below 1%.

Read the study yourself:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr036.pdf

That's one misconception destroyed.


Now....as wrong as you have just been shown to be about this ....can you imagine how many other areas you've been mislead about.

Think about it.


2. "This is banning the practice being used on children."
Children are the charge of their parents.
While the 'therapy' is often used on young adults....if it is used on small children, I say let their parents decide.....not you, or the governor.....or the state.


a. "Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work."

Does this count?
 In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that eleven former homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a Pentecostal church.[3]
Homosexuality Statistics - Conservapedia

And....If it doesn't work, why are you so worried about it?



3. "This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different."

Of course it does.....removing choice is the hallmark of you busibody Libs.
"...not be pushed in to it by overbearing..." Parents making their best decisions for their own children.....that's being 'overbearing'?
Sounds like a totalitarian who can't stand folks not agreeing with him.
Perhaps you require some sort of tolerance-therapy?

"...can't handle that their child just might be a little different."
That's your business?
Seems to me that's the reason folks send the young un's to soccer, violin lessons, math classes..... Overbearing?


Time for you Libs to be put in your place.

You win...

 

[RDD_1210]

Perhaps, you could show some tolerance and respect for what you obviously don't understand by cutting back on the nonsensical remarks.

Says the person who believes in an invisible man in the sky who sends people to a place of agony and burning if they don't do everything he asks.

Says the person who emerged from a cosmic slush pile through an as yet unknown process.

Right. Which one seems more plausible?

 

[RDD_1210]

There are children who have been the victims of grooming by adult gays. These children believed they were gay because the influential adults in their lives told them they were. They are not gay. They will have trouble separating what they were told from what they are feeling. Helping these unfortunates should not be considered conversion therapy.

Link?

You can't link to pure insanity.

 

[RDD_1210]

Why it it 'reasonable' to remove an option, a choice, that was formerly open to free men and women?


Any who chose not to avail themselves of the choice....didn't choose it.


Why do you bow at the alter of 'government knows what's best for everyone'?



Demand to make your own decisions.....as conservatives do.

I can give you plenty of reasons why

1) You can't reverse gay
2) This is banning the practice being used on children. Children who are struggling enough with who they are and facing that they are gay in a world full of people who will look down on them, simply for being who they are. Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work. It will only confuse them further.
3) This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different.

You're welcome

"I can give you plenty of reasons why"
And I can destroy every one......watch:



1. "1) You can't reverse gay"
Of course you can. Anne Heche did, that she is heterosexual.
In 2001, a year after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she has a son. Since their separation in 2007 (they divorced in 2009), she has lived with actor James Tupper, with whom she also has a son. Anne Heche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and

"I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice," Nixon said, to the chagrin of many disapproving homosexual activists.
"You don't get to define my gayness for me," Nixon added.
Cynthia Nixon Responds to Critics of 'Gay by Choice' Comments

No matter what aspect of sexuality you name, it can placed on a spectrum....and as far as permanence, it has been shown to exist anywhere from 'always' to 'never'....and that encompasses 'sometimes.'


a. "In other words, for the minority who may have experimented with gay relationships at some juncture in their lives, well over 80% explicitly renounced homosexual (or even bisexual) self-identification by age of 35. For the clear majority of males (as well as women) who report gay encounters, homosexual activity appears to represent a passing phase, or even a fleeting episode, rather than an unshakable, genetically pre-determined orientation."
Column: Does it matter if only 1.4% of people are gay? - USATODAY.com



b. The CDC released a study indicating that many, if not most, tend to move away from homosexuality as they get older; by the time they get to middle age, the rate of self-identified homosexuality among women plummets well below 1%.

Read the study yourself:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr036.pdf

That's one misconception destroyed.


Now....as wrong as you have just been shown to be about this ....can you imagine how many other areas you've been mislead about.

Think about it.


2. "This is banning the practice being used on children."
Children are the charge of their parents.
While the 'therapy' is often used on young adults....if it is used on small children, I say let their parents decide.....not you, or the governor.....or the state.


a. "Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work."

Does this count?
 In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that eleven former homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a Pentecostal church.[3]
Homosexuality Statistics - Conservapedia

And....If it doesn't work, why are you so worried about it?



3. "This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different."

Of course it does.....removing choice is the hallmark of you busibody Libs.
"...not be pushed in to it by overbearing..." Parents making their best decisions for their own children.....that's being 'overbearing'?
Sounds like a totalitarian who can't stand folks not agreeing with him.
Perhaps you require some sort of tolerance-therapy?

"...can't handle that their child just might be a little different."
That's your business?
Seems to me that's the reason folks send the young un's to soccer, violin lessons, math classes..... Overbearing?


Time for you Libs to be put in your place.

LOL, like I thought. Your typical post of no substance or evidence for anything you post. Please provide links and please order them with a bulleted list. I also recommend you drone on as long as possible and bold random portions of what you respond with. Thank you for your anticipated compliance.

 

[ClosedCaption]

2. "This is banning the practice being used on children."
Children are the charge of their parents.
While the 'therapy' is often used on young adults....if it is used on small children, I say let their parents decide.....not you, or the governor.....or the state.

If Abusive, which it is. Abuse because its from their parent is not an option

a. "Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work."

Does this count?
 In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that eleven former homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a Pentecostal church.[3]
Homosexuality Statistics - Conservapedia

And....If it doesn't work, why are you so worried about it?

No that doesn't count. Going to church isn't the same as this "therapy' they are talking about.

And did you link to Conservapedia!?!??!? ROFL!

 

[Lumpy 1]

I can give you plenty of reasons why

1) You can't reverse gay
2) This is banning the practice being used on children. Children who are struggling enough with who they are and facing that they are gay in a world full of people who will look down on them, simply for being who they are. Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work. It will only confuse them further.
3) This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different.

You're welcome

"I can give you plenty of reasons why"
And I can destroy every one......watch:



1. "1) You can't reverse gay"
Of course you can. Anne Heche did, that she is heterosexual.
In 2001, a year after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she has a son. Since their separation in 2007 (they divorced in 2009), she has lived with actor James Tupper, with whom she also has a son. Anne Heche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and

"I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice," Nixon said, to the chagrin of many disapproving homosexual activists.
"You don't get to define my gayness for me," Nixon added.
Cynthia Nixon Responds to Critics of 'Gay by Choice' Comments

No matter what aspect of sexuality you name, it can placed on a spectrum....and as far as permanence, it has been shown to exist anywhere from 'always' to 'never'....and that encompasses 'sometimes.'


a. "In other words, for the minority who may have experimented with gay relationships at some juncture in their lives, well over 80% explicitly renounced homosexual (or even bisexual) self-identification by age of 35. For the clear majority of males (as well as women) who report gay encounters, homosexual activity appears to represent a passing phase, or even a fleeting episode, rather than an unshakable, genetically pre-determined orientation."
Column: Does it matter if only 1.4% of people are gay? - USATODAY.com



b. The CDC released a study indicating that many, if not most, tend to move away from homosexuality as they get older; by the time they get to middle age, the rate of self-identified homosexuality among women plummets well below 1%.

Read the study yourself:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr036.pdf

That's one misconception destroyed.


Now....as wrong as you have just been shown to be about this ....can you imagine how many other areas you've been mislead about.

Think about it.


2. "This is banning the practice being used on children."
Children are the charge of their parents.
While the 'therapy' is often used on young adults....if it is used on small children, I say let their parents decide.....not you, or the governor.....or the state.


a. "Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work."

Does this count?
 In 1980 a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry which stated that eleven former homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a Pentecostal church.[3]
Homosexuality Statistics - Conservapedia

And....If it doesn't work, why are you so worried about it?



3. "This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different."

Of course it does.....removing choice is the hallmark of you busibody Libs.
"...not be pushed in to it by overbearing..." Parents making their best decisions for their own children.....that's being 'overbearing'?
Sounds like a totalitarian who can't stand folks not agreeing with him.
Perhaps you require some sort of tolerance-therapy?

"...can't handle that their child just might be a little different."
That's your business?
Seems to me that's the reason folks send the young un's to soccer, violin lessons, math classes..... Overbearing?


Time for you Libs to be put in your place.

LOL, like I thought. Your typical post of no substance or evidence for anything you post. Please provide links and please order them with a bulleted list. I also recommend you drone on as long as possible and bold random portions of what you respond with. Thank you for your anticipated compliance.

I'm taking for granted you can't read or comprehend and critical thought is completely out of the question...

 

[Mertex]

I commend Christie for that. I don't understand homosexuality, but then I also don't understand why some babies are born with both male/female genitalia. That doesn't mean we should condemn them.

Nobody would be fool enough to choose a lifestyle that is mocked, criticized, subject to prejudice. If marriage is necessary for them to exercise their rights, then I say let them.

Since God created all men, it's up to God to decide whether or not they are sinning, and if they are, they can be forgiven just like divorcees, adulterers, cheaters, etc.,etc.

 

[Mertex]

Why it it 'reasonable' to remove an option, a choice, that was formerly open to free men and women?


Any who chose not to avail themselves of the choice....didn't choose it.


Why do you bow at the alter of 'government knows what's best for everyone'?



Demand to make your own decisions.....as conservatives do.

I can give you plenty of reasons why

1) You can't reverse gay
2) This is banning the practice being used on children. Children who are struggling enough with who they are and facing that they are gay in a world full of people who will look down on them, simply for being who they are. Children don't need to be pushed in to quack "therapy" which has never been proven to work. It will only confuse them further.
3) This does not eliminate the "choice" you love so much for consenting adults who are old enough to make their own decisions and not be pushed in to it by overbearing parents who can't handle that their child just might be a little different.

You're welcome

"I can give you plenty of reasons why"
And I can destroy every one......watch:



1. "1) You can't reverse gay"
Of course you can. Anne Heche did, that she is heterosexual.
In 2001, a year after her break-up with DeGeneres, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she has a son. Since their separation in 2007 (they divorced in 2009), she has lived with actor James Tupper, with whom she also has a son. Anne Heche - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have no proof that Heche was ever really gay. She may have just wanted publicity, and chose to go along with the idea of hooking up with Ellen just for that reason. That's probably why she was so screwed up after she left Ellen, because going against your natural inclinations messes with your mind.

and

"I gave a speech recently, an empowerment speech to a gay audience, and it included the line 'I've been straight and I've been gay, and gay is better.' And they tried to get me to change it, because they said it implies that homosexuality can be a choice. And for me, it is a choice," Nixon said, to the chagrin of many disapproving homosexual activists.
"You don't get to define my gayness for me," Nixon added.
Cynthia Nixon Responds to Critics of 'Gay by Choice' Comments

Obviously there probably are some that do it as a lark. When I was a teen, I knew girls that were straight, then all of a sudden they broke up with their guy and they were suddenly gay and having relationship with another girl. In the end, they all came back to their natural desire - men! You can't generalize and put everyone in the same basket.
Those that are truly gay, will always be gay. You couldn't get me to change to gay.

No matter what aspect of sexuality you name, it can placed on a spectrum....and as far as permanence, it has been shown to exist anywhere from 'always' to 'never'....and that encompasses 'sometimes.'

The same can be applied to heterosexual relationships.

a. "In other words, for the minority who may have experimented with gay relationships at some juncture in their lives, well over 80% explicitly renounced homosexual (or even bisexual) self-identification by age of 35. For the clear majority of males (as well as women) who report gay encounters, homosexual activity appears to represent a passing phase, or even a fleeting episode, rather than an unshakable, genetically pre-determined orientation."
Column: Does it matter if only 1.4% of people are gay? - USATODAY.com

That's because they were not ever really gay. There are couples in their 60s-70s that have been gay all their lives.

b. The CDC released a study indicating that many, if not most, tend to move away from homosexuality as they get older; by the time they get to middle age, the rate of self-identified homosexuality among women plummets well below 1%.

Read the study yourself:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr036.pdf

Young people today seem to want to experiment everything. That doesn't mean it is their natural orientation. Just like we as adults would think it would be stupid to take medicine not prescribed to oneself and not knowing what it is for, but teenagers today are having what they call Skittles parties, where everyone brings pills, they place them in a candy bowl and they take them like they would candy. That doesn't say that if they happen to escape without killing themselves that they would be doing the same at 35.

2. "This is banning the practice being used on children."
Children are the charge of their parents.
While the 'therapy' is often used on young adults....if it is used on small children, I say let their parents decide.....not you, or the governor.....or the state.

I wonder if you would say the same if the parents were allowing their 6 year old boy to dress as a girl? In another forum/thread, the same people that condemn homosexuality were having fits over a 6 yr old boy's parents insisting that he be allowed to wear a dress to school. Most were saying the parents had no right to push his desire to be a girl. But now, you are saying the parents should have that right.

And....If it doesn't work, why are you so worried about it?

We don't need more kids being messed up about something they can figure out on their own when they grow up.

Of course it does.....removing choice is the hallmark of you busibody Libs.

You're the ones removing choice, wanting to mold children into what the parents think they should be, instead of supporting them and letting them decide when they grow up.

Time for you Libs to be put in your place.

Looks like you're having a hard time with that in NJ. Apparently Christie is putting uptight conservatives in their place.

Chris Christie signs N.J. bill banning gay conversion therapy - latimes.com

 

[Lumpy 1]

I commend Christie for that. I don't understand homosexuality, but then I also don't understand why some babies are born with both male/female genitalia. That doesn't mean we should condemn them.

Nobody would be fool enough to choose a lifestyle that is mocked, criticized, subject to prejudice. If marriage is necessary for them to exercise their rights, then I say let them.

Since God created all men, it's up to God to decide whether or not they are sinning, and if they are, they can be forgiven just like divorcees, adulterers, cheaters, etc.,etc.

What about the Christian "lifestyle that is mocked, criticized, subject to prejudice." and a government that grabs control of a basic family decision and Constitutional rights?