Posted on 08/07/2018 4:28:41 PM PDT by marshmallow
July 23 (UPI) -- Delaware Gov. John Carney signed a law Monday prohibiting medical and mental health professionals in the state from practicing or referring conversion therapy for minors.
The law made Delaware the 14th state, along with Washington, D.C., to ban conversion therapy, a practice which attempts to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of LGBT people.
"All Delawareans, including Delaware children, deserve to be respected for who they are, and I was proud to sign Senate Bill 65 into law today," Carney wrote on Twitter. "Discredited practices like conversion therapy have no place in Delaware."
Under the new law the practice is considered unprofessional conduct, for which licensed medical and mental health professionals in the state can face discipline. It also prohibits the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families from recommending conversion therapy to minors.
"We are not aware of anyone currently practicing conversion therapy in Delaware," said Lisa Goodman, president of LGBT rights organization Equality Delaware. "We are aware of a number of young people through the years who have been referred out by Delaware licensed mental health professionals to people doing conversion therapy out of state, and that is one thing that this bill will also prohibit."
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How is this even constitutional?
These people are trying to define gay and trans as normal.
They can also choose their race in Delaware. I suggested that kids choose Talladega or Daytona. The Dover race is too small.
Hence, the desperate need for such a law. /sarc
This is just the GerBiLs flexing their political muscle, daring a Christian to try to help a struggling child.
It’s like Islam, or any other cult. Once deceived and lured in, nobody is allowed to opt out or even have doubts about the leaders or question the system.
The agenda is based on lies, meaning its promoters are highly insecure about the shaky foundation. Therefore, they are compelled by default to block and destroy any escape routes.
Don’t anyone be caught operating an underground railroad off the LGBQXYZ plantation.
He signed this to his shame!
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