Our nation's young people are being taken hostage to a
radical social agenda!
Four pro-homosexual lawmakers are now seeking to bypass the
legislative and legal processes by pushing through a nationwide regulatory
action by the Federal Trade Commission that would ban "Change
Therapy." This dangerous proposal must be stopped. Please see my important
update below - Mat.
A requested ban on all so-called "Change Therapy"
puts families, teens, and counselors on the wrong side of the law. The proposal
would prohibit counselors from providing and clients from receiving any counsel
seeking to change, reduce, or eliminate unwanted same-sex sexual attractions,
behavior, or identity.
This suggested regulatory action would mean that counselors
could only affirm unwanted same-sex attractions as normal, despite the fact
that the client does not want to act on such feelings. Depriving minors and families
from beneficial counsel will cause significant harm to them.
"Big Brother," in effect, barges into the private
counseling rooms of victimized young people and tells them that the confusion
caused by even the likes of a Jerry Sandusky (the notorious pedophile who was exposed
during the crisis at Penn State a few years ago) is normal, and they should do
nothing to resist unwanted same-sex sexual attractions and behavior. Rather
than change unwanted feelings or behavior, the regulation would require the
counselor to advise the client to change religious and moral beliefs.
Now, if these four activist lawmakers have their way, our
nation's young people may not be afforded the opportunity to continue their desired
counseling.
Following President Obama's lead, these agenda-driven
lawmakers are seeking regulatory action by a government agency to circumvent
the legislative and legal processes.
Democrat Senators Patty Murray (WA) and Cory Booker (NJ),
and Democrat Representatives Jackie Speier (CA) and Ted Lieu (CA), have
requested a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regulatory action banning "Conversion
Therapy" by licensed and trained counselors. ("Conversion" and
"Change" Therapy are used interchangeably.)
This request is an outrageous overreach of a government
agency's power and a clear violation of individual rights. The reasoning and assertions
made in their letter to FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez are one-sided and strongly
skewed toward the pro-homosexual viewpoint. These lawmakers have chosen to circumvent the legislative
and legal processes.
A ban on "Change Therapy" exists in four states
and the District of Columbia. Many state's legislatures have defeated similar
measures, primarily after hearing the testimonies of men and women who
benefited from "Change Therapy." In the states where anti-change laws
have been adopted, they are quickly challenged in the courts.
Ted Lieu, as a California State Representative, was the
driving force for California's outrageous SB 1772 ban on "Change
Therapy" counseling.
Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-CA) has made a prior attempt
at passing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives based upon California's
law. The bill died in committee and most assuredly would not pass the House or
the Senate during this session of Congress.
These lawmakers are now attempting to force the pro-homosexual
agenda into counseling centers through a ban on "Conversion Therapy"
enacted and enforced by the Federal Trade Commission by citing the counseling as
"unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent." This is an attempt to circumvent the American people through Obama-style
"executive action," also known as tyranny!
This regulatory action must be STOPPED and we need your help
to prevail in this battle! We are delivering our own "Letter of
Opposition" toward this proposed regulatory action to FTC Chairwoman
Ramirez, commission members, and key members of Congress. We MUST do so with at
least 25,000 signatures of principled Americans who will stand
against these four lawmakers and their attempt to advance a blatant
pro-homosexual initiative.
As you undoubtedly know, Liberty Counsel has been fighting
state bans on "Change Therapy" for many years. As a result, today, we
await a decision by the Supreme Court as to whether or not they will hear our case
on appeal.
The minors we represent in our litigation efforts have not
and do not want to act on same-sex attractions, nor do they want to engage in
such behavior. They are greatly benefiting from counseling. These minors have struggled with same-sex
attraction and have been able to reduce or eliminate the stress and conflict in
their lives by receiving counseling that aligns with their religious and moral
values.
For a civil government to assume that it knows best
concerning the kind of counseling individual patients should receive is the
height of hubris and ignorance! The authority of parents is being undermined. This
outrageous movement must be STOPPED!
Please, click here to read the "Letter of
Opposition" and join with us. <http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=666757&CID=201530&RID=45512605>
The battle to stop pro-homosexual legal activism and social recruitment
is one of the most important fights in American history. Join us in this
initiative to tell the Federal Trade Commission and lawmakers to stop this
potential regulatory action dead in its tracks. Mat Staver, Founder and
Chairman, Liberty Counsel
Liberty Counsel, with offices in Florida, Virginia and
Washington, D.C., is a nonprofit litigation, education, and policy organization
dedicated to advancing religious freedom, the sanctity of human life, and the
family. Liberty Counsel . PO Box 540774
. Orlando, FL 32854 . 407-875-1776
Comments
The American Communist Party Goals 1920 restated 1963
include normalizing homosexuality to sabotage American morality. Our schools are the “reeducation camps” for
this kind of government imposed social engineering. The same goes for recently
introduced Muslim indoctrination and gender change. In Canada, you can go to jail for criticizing
this government overreach. In the US, if
you own a bakery, you get a $135,000 fine.
The same issues arise from this indoctrination as did with
cults in the 1970s. I starts with heavy reeducation and ends up with fear
induced slavery and drug addiction to seal the bargain. The same tactics are used by all cults that
traffic in child prostitution and sexual abuse of minors.
Children are easily programmed in government schools, like
extreme environmentalism and teenagers are particularly susceptible to fads
like LGBT. Legislators need to move carefully to remove us from the edge of
this slippery slope.
This will result either in a total loss of freedom or the
repeal of all anti-discrimination laws.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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