I need to make a point of something I passed over in the last post.
Can we run the lede from Dana Liebelson of HuffPo again, please?
Texas House lawmakers are expected to consider a measure as early as Wednesday that could be used to protect child welfare service providers who want to force kids into discredited gay conversion therapy programs. The bill also protects providers who deny minors access to birth control or abortions.
And, you know, the fight over reparative therapy is important not just for its stakes but because it is a symbol of how far these people are willing to go.
But that last?
The bill also protects providers who deny minors access to birth control or abortions.
Are you fucking kidding me? What the hell am I supposed to do with that?
Let me say this plainly: Protecting those who force children to carry pregnancies.
What the hell am I supposed to do with that?
And, look, we can make whatever joke about the fact that it’s Texas, but the question remains: What the hell is wrong with these people? As a human condition, what under the sun and moon and stars has gone awry in these people? Even as a symbol of how far they are willing to go, what the hell am I supposed to do with that?
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Liebelson, Dana. “Texas Bill Could Protect Welfare Providers Who Force Kids Into Gay Conversion Therapy”. The Huffington Post. 13 May 2015.
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