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Disappointing?  Nah, it’s spot on for the pedophilia projecting pqrty.  Sadly.
Just remember folks, the GOP loves children >

...as political pawns. >

And for other definitely-not sexual reasons >

Republicans are pro-torture >

This is from the Human Rights Campaign:
In contrast, there is ample evidence that societal prejudice causes significant medical, psychological and other harms to LGBTQ people. For example, research on the issue of family acceptance of LGBTQ youth conducted at San Francisco State University found that "compared with LGBTQ young people who were not rejected or were only a little rejected by their parents and caregivers because of their gay or transgender identity, highly rejected LGBTQ young people were:
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More than 8 times as likely to commit suicide
Nearly 6 times as likely to report depression
More than 3 times as likely to report using drugs
More than 3 times as likely to be at risk for HIV/AIDS

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All major medical associations, from the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Psychological Association stand against conversion therapy.
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According to The Trevor Project’s 2020 National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health, 10% of LGBTQ youth reported undergoing conversion therapy, with 78% reporting it occurred when they were under age 18. Youth who reported undergoing conversion therapy reported more than twice the rate of attempting suicide in the past year compared to those who did not.
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Furthermore, a peer-reviewed study published by The Trevor Project in the American Journal of Public Health found that LGBTQ youth who underwent conversion therapy were more than twice as likely to report having attempted suicide and more than 2.5 times as likely to report multiple suicide attempts in the past year.

Rates of attempted suicide by LGBT young people whose parents tried to change their sexual orientation were more than double (48%) the rate of LGBT young adults who reported no conversion experiences (22%).
Suicide attempts nearly tripled for LGBT young people who reported both home-based and out-of-home efforts to change their sexual orientation (63%).
High levels of depression more than doubled (33%) for LGBT young people whose parents tried to change their sexual orientation compared with those who reported no conversion experiences (16%) and more than tripled (52%) for LGBT young people who reported both home-based and out-of-home efforts to change their sexual orientation.
Sexual orientation change experiences during adolescence by both parents/caregivers and externally by therapists and religious leaders were associated with lower young adult socioeconomic status, less educational attainment, and lower weekly income.

Conversion therapy must be abolished! We must build a society where every sexual orientation & gender identity is fully accepted, loved, and valued with the greatest esteem! >

And all this dying after the conversion” therapy” is only if they LIVE THROUGH the conversion “therapy”. It’s truly a disgusting practice. >

It's barbaric in every form. >

I 100% agree. >

Republicans love to see others in pain >

GOP is governing with scientific ignorance, and religious bigotry and homophobia. >

It shouldn’t be too shocking when they also block banning child marriages. >

“I don’t think that this is the role of this committee, nor the Legislature, to micromanage what we think is professional conduct for people who want to engage in something so vile and so detestable as to try, under the guise of professionalism, to bully our youth and bully other people by just saying that you need to you need to pray the gay away,” he said. >

Well-put by state senator Chris Larson. Conversion therapy is torture.