Nevada Considers Gambling With Children’s Lives
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Sexually abused minors in Nevada may soon find they are barred from getting counseling, if certain state legislators have their way.
Late Friday night, the State Senate passed S.B. 353, which would ban sexually abused or confused children from seeking counseling to deal with the results of abuse, including unwanted same-sex attractions. The bill is scheduled for a hearing in the Assembly Commerce and Labor committee on Wednesday, May 27 at 1:30 p.m.
Licensed clinical professional counselor Christopher Doyle of Equality And Justice For All (www.equalityandjusticeforall.org) says the ban is reckless and equivalent to handing a victory to sexual predators, as their victims will be barred from getting licensed therapy to deal with sexual identity questions resulting from the abuse. He is encouraging all concerned citizens to sign a petition and e-mail the Assembly by clicking here.
“It’s tragic enough when a child suffers sexual abuse at the hands of a predator,” Doyle said. “To think that Nevada lawmakers would now tell these children that they must deal with the abuse on their own without licensed counseling is absolutely inexcusable. Children who suffer abuse and face sexual confusion as a result should, without question, have the option voluntarily to seek help. Who are we to deny them this right? I challenge the Assembly to look an abused child in the eyes—as I have done many times in my counseling practice—and tell that child he or she is forever relegated to live with the effects of the abuse without help. How dare they?”
Doyle added that those spreading propaganda about therapy call it “conversion” therapy to mislead the public. In reality, the therapy is sexual identity affirming therapy that helps clients, at their request, resolve conflicts over sexuality and sexual identity.
“Nevada isn’t the first state to try to pass this harmful ban,” Doyle continued. “Many states around the country have voted down or killed these harmful bills, and Senators in Nevada must do the same. Gambling may be big business in Nevada, but gambling with the lives and health of children is disgraceful. Every person should have the right to seek help, and allowing lawmakers to deny minors this right is the height of cruelty.”
Those concerned about the bill can contact Nevada State Assembly Members to urge them to vote “no” to denying help to sexually abused minors or can sign a petition by simply clicking here.
Over the past several months Washington, Minnesota, and Colorado joined a dozen states that rejected bills that would ban talk therapy for minors in an effort to protect the rights of minors and sexually abused and sexually confused youth to seek voluntarily therapy for their unwanted same-sex attractions. These states joined 15 states in 2014 that have either voted down or failed to advance this harmful legislation.
On the federal level, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) recently introduced a ban on this therapy, and Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate talk therapy. Doyle has challenged Speier to a public debate, calling her to deliver facts to back up her claim that talk therapy is ‘torture.’
More than 50,000 licensed medical and mental health professionals support the rights of youth to receive such therapies, including the American Association of Christian Counselors, the Alliance for Scientific Integrity and Therapeutic Choice, the Catholic Medical Association, the American College of Pediatricians, International Network of Orthodox (Jewish) Mental Health Professionals and the Christian Medical & Dental Association.
Equality And Justice For All will co-host the Safe Exit Summit on Oct. 2-3 in Washington, D.C. with Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays (PFOX). The event will focus on equipping churches to become safe exits for individuals seeking to resolve unwanted homosexual attractions.
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