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Showing Original Post only (View all)Tennessee Lawmakers Just Passed a Bill That Would Allow Therapists to Refuse to Treat Gay Clients [View all]
Source: New York Magazine
Tennessee's House of Representatives just passed a bill that would allow therapists who believe homosexuality is the mark of Satan to refuse to treat gay clients. More precisely, the bill allows mental-health counselors to deny treatment to anyone who seeks help with "goals, outcomes, or behaviors that conflict with the sincerely held principles of the counselors or therapist." If the bill makes it into law, Tennessee would be the first state to allow therapists to pick what kind of clients they're willing to serve.
Read more: http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/04/tennessee-bill-would-let-therapists-reject-gays.html#
Gee, I wonder if a republican president, House and Senate would make this even worse.
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Tennessee Lawmakers Just Passed a Bill That Would Allow Therapists to Refuse to Treat Gay Clients [View all]
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
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Kind of getting back to "We don't serve your kind here" Or "You need to go to that side door for
LiberalArkie
Apr 2016
#1
If so called liberals keep finding reasons that they cant vote for the Democrat, you can be sure
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#2
Same lame argument as who would want to go to florist for wedding flowers
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#4
it isn't an argument.....I'm just saying that any therapist who wanted to avoid gay clients.....
virtualobserver
Apr 2016
#7
OK, that is a little better. But the whole point is these bigoted assholes gotta get the hell
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#8
If I was a legislator, I would do the opposite. I would introduce a bill to strip therapists and
silvershadow
Apr 2016
#11
They believe gay people are sinning defects. You give them way way too much credit.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#14
Jesus christ, you are on the wrong website to defend outright bigots.
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#20
If they are not mature, clear-headed, conscientious, they are simply not qualified
Judi Lynn
Apr 2016
#27
That would be the point of showing people these stories. To remind them that if they
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
#38
Who would have expected this country could be so backward after all this time,
Judi Lynn
Apr 2016
#28
They're just searching for more ways to make America back-fucking-asswards
truthisfreedom
Apr 2016
#36