White House supports bans on ‘ex-gay’ conversion therapy
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Source: Washington Blade
The White House has formally thrown its support behind bans on “ex-gay” conversion therapy for minors as the result of a “We the People” petition signed earlier this year by more than 120,000 people.
Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to President Obama, said in a phone interview with the Washington Blade on Wednesday that the Obama administration has came out in favor of prohibitions on conversion therapy because “young people should be valued for who they are, no matter what they look like, where they come from, or the gender to which they identify or who they love.”
“As a part of our dedication to protecting America’s youth, the administration supports the effort to ban the use of conversation therapy on minor because there’s overwhelming scientific evidence that demonstrates conversion therapy, especially when practiced on young people, is neither medically, nor ethically appropriate and can cause substantial harm,” Jarrett said.
The formal response from the White House, which can be found here, begins with a quotation from President Obama during his 2009 speech at the Human Rights Campaign National Dinner where he called for building a society more accepting of LGBT youth.
Read more: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/04/08/white-house-supports-bans-on-ex-gay-conversation-therapy/
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