California Congresswoman Takes On 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
Denouncing so-called ex-gay therapy as “quackery,” Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California introduced a resolution Wednesday intended to help protect young people from the practice.
The Stop Harming Our Kids (SHOK) resolution is the first federal action directed at the controversial and discredited attempts to “change” sexual orientation, according to Speier’s office. Co-sponsors of the resolution include Congressmen Ted Deutch of Florida and David Cicilline of Rhode Island.
According to a news release, “The SHOK resolution encourages each state to take steps to protect minors from efforts that promote or promise to change sexual orientation or gender identity or expression, based on the premise that homosexuality is a mental illness or developmental disorder that can or should be cured.”
http://www.advocate.com/politics/washington-dc/2012/11/28/california-congresswoman-takes-ex-gay-therapy
