Yeah, this is likely to get ugly. :-/ On Apr 26, 2012, at 8:30 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> > National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality > > > UPDATE! > Proposed California legislation would limit change therapies for unwanted > homosexuality. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > Report from NARTH delegation to the Senate Hearings on SB 1172 > We are going to give you a brief overview of our experience at the Senate > Committee > meeting held in Sacramento yesterday. Also, below you will find a link to the > 10 > minute recording that we made of most of the important points of the meeting. > The > link is now on YouTube. It is VERY interesting and reveals much of what > we are up against. > > 1. Senator Lieu read his bill (SB1172). > 2. Two representatives in support of the bill (who were also sponsors of the > bill...NCLR > (National Center for Lesbian Rights) gave their evidence. > 3. Two doctors in provisional opposition to the bill (meaning they would only > support > it if amendments were made) spoke. One doctor was from the APA > (American Psychiatric Association). > 4. One more speaker (myself) spoke in opposition. > 5. Three more in opposition, Dr. Popper and Dr. Willis were only allowed to > say > "nay" to the bill, but Matt Reynolds, a lawyer from Pacific Justice Institute > at least > got to speak for a few seconds in opposition. > 6. The vote was made to send the bill to the next step, the Judiciary > Committee. > The vote was 5 to 3 in favor of sending it on. Sending it on... > > It was almost unbelievable to sit in this legislative committee room to hear > the > egregious and certainly ridiculous claims of the supporters of this bill. We > listened > to professional people in the therapeutic and legislative communities agree > (not > all) without any rebuttal to unreferenced and profound untruths about SOCE. > [ Sexual Orientation Change Efforts ] All you have to do is review the > recording > below or the bill and it's analysis (available on the CA Gov. website) to > understand > how close we are coming to a ban on not just therapeutic SOCE but on ALL forms > of SOCE, including spiritual intervention. > > Dr. Nicolosi has now responded today to Senator Lieu and demanded corrections > of > some of the falsehoods about Reparative Therapy in this bill. We will be > contacting > Senator Lieu tomorrow to ask that he be true to his word of being "willing to > work > with NARTH and other opposition on amending this bill," which we do not think > will > really happen. NARTH will be contacting Pacific Justice Institute tomorrow as > well > to ask for their vigilance in opposing this bill. We will be tracking the > Judiciary > Committee who will vote nay or yeah in the next step of this bill. > > HOWEVER, the abuses and harm committed by NARTH, claimed by SB1172 supporters, > was one of the main focal points of this bill and the meeting. As such, and > in case > it is not abundantly clear, we want to express that now is the time for the > NARTH > Board and NARTH as a whole to react. If we do not take this matter up and > fight > to end this affront to science, mental health and client rights, then we will > sit > by and watch all the work we've done simply slip away. > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
