House committee votes against banning gay conversion therapy

[TexasTowelie]

New Hampshire won’t ban gay conversion therapy for minors this year, after a House committee voted this week to hold back the bill.

In a 13-8 vote, the House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs committee retained the legislation Tuesday over concerns that it limits parental rights and counseling for youth working through their sexuality, members said.

The decision marks another setback for LGBT-rights groups, which earlier this year saw the Republican-led House defeat a bill to expand anti-discrimination protections for transgender people.

“It’s another year to go without protections for people,” said Democratic Rep. Renny Cushing, a co-sponsor on both pieces of legislation.

Read more: http://www.concordmonitor.com/house-committee-retains-conversion-therapy-bill-8994318

[luvMIdog]

1. creepy morons!

[Eliot Rosewater]

2. Torture then, this is an act of war against gay people and their families

[SummerSnow]

3. Michelle Bachmann is somewhere crying. lol

[littlemissmartypants]

4. Sounds like

It's time to find out the names numbers of the against against voters.

What do you know Texas Towelie?

Can you aggregate the names, like you do the news? That would be so awesome!

♡lmsp

[TexasTowelie]

6. It was HB 587,

but I could not find the names of the representatives that voted to retain the bill in committee.

I looked at two sites:
https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB587/2017
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/committees/housebillsincommitteebillstatus.aspx?lsr=200&code=XH09

My regrets that I did not attain the level of awesomeness that is expected from me.

[littlemissmartypants]

7. ♡ Texas Towelie ♡

You are perfect just the way you are! ♡

[TexasTowelie]

8. I haven't had such a boost of self-confidence

since a friend gave me one of his Enzyte tablets.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. .

Rock on.

♡

[Binkie The Clown]

5. What we really need is Republican conversion therapy. Their madness may be curable. n/t