May 29. 2012, a day that will live in invasive infamy for the residents of the state of California.
SB 1172, the prohibition against "gay aversion" therapy, was sponsored, supported, and sent through on a passing vote in the state Senate.
Senator Ted Lieu referred to dated and outdated data to shoot down conversion therapy for individuals who seek are who are sought to change their sexual preferences.
These matters do not belong in the halls of a state legislature.
The dangers posed by therapies of all sorts stem from greater issues, far beyond anything that politicians or legislators can debate in camera.
I am appalled at the extent to which nanny-state liberalism is creeping up and across the country. We need less government, we need politicians who will do as little as possible, and when they are done ensure that there is less for the government to do beyond protecting our rights and our borders, as well providing a sound fiscal future for the residents of the State of California.
The sexual preferences of individuals is the most inane of policy issues. Most families are too busy trying to pay off mortgages, most youth are too caught up in wondering whether they will be able to enroll in an acceptable college after graduating from high school, and that there will be an adequate job waiting for them when they receive a diploma. The rising cost of student loan debt, coupled with a sluggish economy and a fraying and failing infrastructure is more certainly weighing on people's minds far more than which sex someone wants to sleep with or marry.
The social issues are distracting us from the financial and structural problems which are eroding the best of what is left in the state of California. This "gay aversion" bill is just a stray diversion for Senator Lieu, who should be spending more time protecting taxpayers from paying out the bankrupt state and providing adequate public school reforms so that the youth of today will have an adulthood of tomorrow to look forward to.
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