California governor OKs ban on gay conversion therapy, calling it 'quackery'

[CaliLobo]

Rory,

Here are the circuit court cases…

The 7th and 9th Circuit Courts of appeal have all ruled that you have choice when offered rehab when courts are sentencing. In fact these cases involved DUI and discharge from prison. The courts cannot force you to go to AA. You however must know this when offered this alternative and if you protest and offer St. Jude or St. Gregory or any other alternative to AA, the courts must comply.

The 7th Circuit court case can be found on the Internet…

Kerr v. Farrey, 95 F.3d 472 (7th Cir.
1996),

The 9th Circuit court case can be found on the internet…

Zen K. Inouye Hawaii

and another case saying the same thing

Griffin v. Coughlin, 88 N.Y.2d 674 (June 11, 1996).

So the religion of AA/12 steps has no better than a success rate of spontaneous recovery or doing nothing and survives. You cannot be forced. Therapists and patients have a right to choose what is delivered as treatment.

Conversion therapy has a religious overtone, has questionable success rate when viewed from the outside, you cannot be forced, and therapists have a right to deliver treatment for those that choose to do so.

Do you see the parallel and faulty reasoning of the use of the AMA…this will be brought out in the courts…I made sure to bring this to the attention of Liberty Counsel.

Coptic,
Why can’t you just accept the simpler hypothesis–that homosexuality cannot be cured, because it is not a disease, because it is NORMAL??

I’ve already shown you the science upon your request, but you reject it.

Now show me the verse that says we have to restrict gay marriage rights legally and politically. Show me the verse.

 

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