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Originally Posted by ocdwifeofsociopath
unfortunately people who are of age can be as mentally susceptible or more so than those who are not. You could also bring up a whole slew of other things like. circumcision. As soon as you take away a parents right to parent, a persons right to speak, etc. you get into so many little instances it's impossible to come up with a solution. There are always things that qualify as abuse, neglect, bad parenting period, and there are so many different things to sue for. Somebody who has been mentally traumatized by that sort of thing can get retribution and help later on in life. I'm not saying it was ok it happened, but that you can't stop someone from bullying, you can only work against it. America is all about people being able to be people. How are these underage kids getting into this sort of therapy anyway? did they ask their parents to put them through it? How would you feel if you were told your decision to put your child through your religions education should be outlawed because there are studies it is mentally damaging? I hope you see my point and the reason it's not illegal.
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I do see your point, but there is a difference between therapy and religious education. religious education is not subject to government's oversight, because we have the separation of church and state. therapy is very much subject to government's oversight:
therapists need to obtain and maintain their licenses. They need education, they need hours, they need to pass the exams, they need continuing education credits post licensure. There are ethics. They are all regulated on the state level because there are boards that regulate them, just as the Medical Boards regulate MD's. The boards are state agencies -- in other words, governmental bodies. There are certain things therapists are not allowed to do. So it would make sense to regulate them further - plus, since there are both APA positions that state that homosexuality is no disease, and the positions date back to the 1970s, what exactly are the "therapists" treating?
Say, if I were a psychic or a faith healer or a circus clown and offered to convert gays into straight people, I should be allowed to do that. But not as a therapist. Because psychics, faith healers, and circus clowns are not regulated occupations.