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\b BY JOHN O\'92CONNOR \b0 \
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\b \cf2 ANCHOR LOGAN TITTLE \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 California has become
the first state in the country to ban controversial therapy practices that try to turn gay teenagers
straight. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/"}}{\fldrslt \cf3 \ul \ulc3 Sacramento\'92s KMAX explains
why}}.\uc0\u8232 \u8232 \b \'93Lawmakers in the assembly passed the
bill because they say the treatment can cause teenagers to kill themselves. They say they
want to stop groups promote that therapy.\'94 \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 California Governor
Jerry Brown signed the bill into law on Saturday. {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/State-bans-gay-repair-therapy-for-minors-3906032.php"}}{\fldrslt
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 In a statement to the San Francisco Chronicle}}, Governor Brown said \'85\uc0\u8232
\u8232 \b "This bill bans non-scientific 'therapies'
that have driven young people to depression and suicide. These practices have no basis
in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery."
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\cf3 \ul \ulc3 The Huffington Post reports}} these \'93conversion\'94 or \'93reparative\'94
therapy techniques have ranged from simple counseling to shock therapy and even exorcism.\uc0\u8232
\u8232 \b \'93[These techniques] have long been used
in an attempt to \'91cure\'92 individuals of their homosexual and transgender orientations
and identities. However, in recent years even those who once championed the idea that someone
can convert to heterosexuality have admitted that viewpoint is flawed.\'94
\cf3 \ul \ulc3 The Wisconsin Gazette notes}} supporters of the bill include a variety of
nationally recognized psychological associations.\uc0\u8232 \u8232
\b \'93Proponents of the legislation included the California Psychological Association,
the American Psychoanalytic Association, the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, [and]
the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (California Division) \'85
\'94 \b0 \uc0\u8232 \u8232 The first-of-its-kind
bill will make the practice of homosexual conversion therapy on minors an offense punishable
under the law. The legislation will officially take effect on January 1st.\
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