Conversion Therapy Ban
The government in New Hampshire finally passed legislation making it illegal to administer gay conversion therapy to children, after failing last month by one vote. It now just needs to be passed by the Senate but the bill is facing an uphill climb as some believe that this bill is too intrusive of the government, and restricting parents rights to do what they want and seek the medical treatment they want for their children.
It's just so upsetting that this is still something subject to vote, and still something that people believe works and should exist. This sounds like a vote straight out of the 50's or something, and it is just heartbreaking that this is modern news. I think the worst part of this was reading the comments and the outpour of rage that people had at the idea of this bill passing, saying it was limiting the rights of doctors and parents, and that their are conversion therapy success stories, which is just all so fake and wrong and bad. I guess this probably has something to do with Americanization and the idea of the white nuclear family being a husband and wide, and people just can't let go of that. It sux.
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