The 190th Session of the Massachusetts State Legislature once again tried to rush every perverse piece of legislation through at the last minute. Most blue state legislative bodies are dysfunctional in this manner, unable to get to the most important, the most pertinent bills, while going after inane issues and pushing political talking points during campaign season for the next three months.
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Among the good news for pro-family advocates, the Beacon Hill politicos could not muscle through a ban on conversion therapy for minors, despite their best efforts.
sexual orientation or gender identity of a minor has failed in the Massachusetts
Legislature, even though both the House and Senate expressed support for it.
five weeks ago proved the bill’s undoing, as the Senate failed to pass a
reconciled version in time to meet all the technical formalities needed before
the two chambers wrapped up their formal sessions in the wee hours of
Wednesday, August 1.
for the bill to be “enacted,” a process that requires printing a bill on
parchment and then having that version voted on again for “enactment” by the
House and Senate. Those final steps didn’t happen before both branches
adjourned (which happened at 1:12 a.m. Wednesday in the House, and at or
shortly after 1:16 a.m. in the Senate, according to State House News Service).
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Here's the glorious graphic, exposing the epic failure of the state senate–and a major victory for Pro-Family Movement!
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| Conversion Therapy failed AGAIN! Great work, MassResistance! |
Conversion therapy is a serious, reputable practice which has saved countless lives, young and old. The true abuse would be to take away this choice from parents, families, and communities which want the best for young people.
The fact that this bill went down to defeat a record third time is growing evidence that aggressive pro-family efforts from MassResistance really do make the difference. Add to his setback for the abusive LGBT Hate Machine the report that the Governor of Maine vetoed the same legislation last month, and the Maine legislature could not override his veto, and then the burgeoning restoration of professional free speech before the Supreme Court of the United States in its recent rulings.
The New Boston Post adds:
conversion therapy ban passes next session, because U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Clarence Thomas seemed to invite a challenge to
such laws during a recent majority opinion in an unrelated case. Thomas noted
that the federal Supreme Court has never made a distinction between speech by
professionals and speech by others when it comes to determining First Amendment
protection.
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good-faith disagreements, both with each other and with the government, on many
topics in their respective fields … and the people lose when the government is
the one deciding which ideas should prevail,” Thomas wrote in the
5-4 decision, in a case called National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra,
which was decided June 26.
therapy say the U.S. Supreme Court may eventually overturn state laws such as
the one proposed in Massachusetts.