Christie Bans Voluntary Sodomite Counseling
[Will New Jersey's Ban
on Reparative Therapy for Gay Youths Fare
Better Than California's? Chris Christie
signs second state ban, but first still
blocked by appeals court by Melissa
Steffan] "Now that New Jersey has officially
banned clinical efforts to change the sexual
orientation of gay youths, the question
remains whether courts will uphold the new
law.
A similar ban in California remains on hold
after a legal challenge by Liberty Counsel,
which has pledged to fight the New Jersey
ban. Meanwhile, Southern Baptist leaders
expressed concerns over the ban's impact on
religious liberty.
Update (July 1): The New Jersey state Senate
has passed a ban on reparative therapy for
minors, sending the bill to Governor Chris
Christie with a veto-proof majority.
The law, which the New Jersey Assembly
passed last week, protects minors under 18
years of age from "sexual orientation change
efforts" by licensed professionals. Among
those who delivered testimonies to the
Assembly was LGBT teenager Jacob Rudolph,
who stated, "Not only am I an LGBT teen, but
… I am not broken, I am not confused. I do
not need to be fixed."
Will New Jersey's Ban on Reparative Therapy
for Gay Youths Fare Better Than
California's?
Homosexuality is: forbidden (Lev.
18:22),
considered an abomination (1
Kin. 14:24),
punishment for (Lev.
20:13),
unclean (Rom.
1:24,
26,
27).
Response to comment [from a Jew]:
False. The law
silences
people's efforts to help Sodomites (Lev
18:22, 20:13, 1 Ki 14:24, Ro 1:24, 26, 27).
God is not unhealthy. He does not force
people to follow him. You can choose to
accept him or reject him (Ac 17:27).
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "How do you ethically coerce someone who says: "I am not broken, I am not confused. I do not need to be fixed... " into saying something different?"
People need the bad news (Ro 3:12, Re 3:17) and then they need the good news (Lk 19:10).
