http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/us/judge-blocks-california-conversion-therapies-law.html?hp
This is one of the most atrocious things I have ever heard. The fact that this is even up for debate is terrifying. Children should NOT be allowed to be submitted to "conversion therapy." The implications of this law are horrifying, in what it can allow parents to do to there children in which the children would have no legal way to fight if it is decided upon as a freedom of speech issue.
The law is up for debate in California, where two federal judges had opposing rulings about the issue. The potential for these therapies to be damaging to the youths is a serious issue, especially for an isolated youth in a community that does not support homosexuality. The damage that could be caused due to regression and suppression, while not fully understood, is enough that this law should at least be given pause before being ruled legal or not.
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