Court upholds gay 'therapy' restrictions: State says it's not medicine, court agrees
A federal appeals court sided with California on Thursday and upheld the first law in the nation banning a psychological treatment that seeks to turn gay youth straight.
In a resounding, unanimous opinion, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the state law barring the so-called gay aversion therapy legal in every respect.
The judges said trying to change a minor's sexual orientation through intense therapy appeared dangerous, and that California lawmakers properly showed that the sexual orientation change efforts were outside the scientific mainstream and have been rejected for good reason.
"One could argue that children under the age of 18 are especially vulnerable with respect to sexual identity and that their parents' judgment may be clouded by this emotionally charged issue as well," Judge Susan Graber wrote for the court panel.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/court-upholds-1st-ban-gay-110420241.html
It's like subjecting children to lobotomies, unmodified ECT, or psychic surgery; but because we have to give 'equal time' for homophobes, everyone has to deal with this insanity.