Kentucky governor bans use of 'conversion therapy' with executive order

[SouthBayDem]

Source: AP

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear banned the use of “conversion therapy” on minors in Kentucky on Wednesday, calling his executive order a necessary step to protect children from a widely discredited practice that tries to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.

The governor used his executive powers after Republicans who control the state legislature repeatedly blocked efforts to enact a state law banning the practice. Beshear said he would no longer wait for others to “do what’s right.”

“My faith teaches me that all children are children of God,” Beshear said during the signing ceremony at the Kentucky Capitol. “And where practices are endangering and even harming those children, we must act. The practice of so-called ‘conversion therapy’ hurts our children.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/kentucky-conversion-therapy-andy-beshear-93a07354cd0ed2e7fc09c15f204f75c0

[Think. Again.]

1. Thank you Governor Beshear.

[Aviation Pro]

3. So, what the fuck is conversion therapy anyway?

Lock a poor kid in a room with adults screaming at them? Send gigolos in to rape females into straighthood? Send female prostitutes in to do the same to boys?

These fucking "people" are sick.

On edit: Never mind, I got my answer, these fucking "people" are worse than sick; they belong in prison.

[Dave Bowman]

4. "conversion therapy" is torture, plain and simple.

The governor did the right thing.

[epreic01]

5. I don't think it matters...

I think they can override his veto

[Antarctica58]

6. There is no veto to override

This is an Executive Order by the Governor. There is no veto to override.

[epreic01]

10. Oh ok

I wasn’t sure if they could block it still… thank you

[sheshe2]

7. This is why Governors matter.

Thank you, Sir.p

[OverBurn]

8. Good job Gov!

[mountain grammy]

9. Bravo Governor.

[Warpy]

11. Plus, it has never worked

The best outcome is a horrendous marriage with one partner furtively seeking contact with people of his/her own gender, while the other partner wonders why they, themselves, are so unattractive, plus a child or three who grow up in an unhappy home.

Sadistic Christians are satisfied with rigid orthodoxy in all things. Those of us who aren't sadists would prefer not to see children being bullied, browbeaten, and threatened into denying who they really are. I always want to tell them that their god made their kid gay and if that was good enough for their god, it ought to be good enough for them, but that only pisses them off.

Sometimes preventing people from doing things that are harmful to children (and clearly don't work) is the best you can do.

[pwb]

12. I am good with that.

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[70sEraVet]

13. Andy Beshear saved a lot of lives through his constant efforts during Covid.

Now he's saving untold lives of teenagers -- the pseudo-science of conversion therapy often leads to suicide.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. The Republican party is a clear and present threat to every living being.