Gay 'conversion therapy' services would be banned under measure advancing in California

[TexasTowelie]

The California Assembly voted Thursday to add gay “conversion therapy” to the state’s list of deceptive business practices, following a debate that focused on the personal experiences of several lawmakers and hinted at potential lawsuits to come.

“It is harmful and it is unnecessary,” Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), the bill’s author and one of the Legislature’s most vocal LGBTQ members, said of the practice.

Low, who told Assembly members that he explored conversion therapy as a teenager and suffered depression over his sexual orientation, insisted that the bill would be limited to efforts that involve the exchange of money.

“There’s nothing wrong with me,” he said in an emotional speech on the Assembly floor. “There’s nothing that needs to be changed.”

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/politics/essential/la-pol-ca-essential-politics-updates-gay-conversion-therapy-services-would-1524162085-htmlstory.html

[lambchopp59]

1. 18 of the 24 Republicans voted "NO" on this bill.

6 Republicans joined all the democrats in the assembly to pass this bill.
Just another confirmation I'm doing the right thing voting straight democratic ballot every time.
Here's the link to the bill as passed:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2943

feel free to read it, note how utterly science-denying, mean-spirited and just plain bigoted any assemblyperson would have to be to vote against this.