After the California State Senate and an Assembly committee approved a bill placing limits on sexual orientation conversion therapy, the right-wing group Save California is framing the legislation as an attack on victims of child abuse. Relying on the discredited claim that homosexuality is a result of molestation, Save California is urging members to contact legislators to stop “this horrible bill locking children into homosexual bondage” that will prohibit counseling for those “who have often been molested or raped.” “What lack of love for children suffering from gender confusion disorder, who’ve often been molested and become confused as a result,” the group maintains, including an image stating: “Democrat politicians to molested kids: No help for you.” Led by the virulently anti–gay activist Randy Thomasson, Save California also recently launched a new page, “Not Born This Way” to expose the supposed “myths” about homosexuality.
UPDATE: SB 1172, the Democrats’ tyrannical bill banning gender-confusion counseling for minors was skipped over during Monday’s floor session of the California State Assembly. But this horrible bill locking children into homosexual bondage could still pass on Thursday, July 5, so it’s important that you take a couple minutes right now to oppose it. Leave a recorded message or send an email to your assemblymember.
SB 1172, which has already passed the Senate, would:
1. Ban California parents from seeking counseling for their son or daughter who falsely think they are “homosexual”
2. Penalize licensed counselors who care enough to counsel these gender-confused children, who have often been molested or raped
SB 1172 reads, “Under no circumstances shall a mental health provider engage in sexual orientation change efforts with a patient under 18 years of age, regardless of the willingness of a patient, patient’s parent, guardian, conservator, or other person to authorize such efforts.”
What an attack on parental rights and on mental health professionals! And what lack of love for children suffering from gender confusion disorder, who’ve often been molested and become confused as a result. The Democrats pushing this bill on behalf of homosexual activists want to lock children into thinking they are “homosexual,” when these kids’ gender confusion often results from an attack by a sexual perpetrator.
