[Lnc-business] Resolution Condemning Conversion Therapies

[Richard Longstreth]

I will cosponsor as the fourth but am still considering my position.

Richard Longstreth
Region 1 Representative (AK, AZ, CO, HI, KS, MT, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY)
Libertarian National Committee
richard.longstreth at lp.org
931.538.9300

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On Thu, Apr 11, 2019, 04:52 Susan Hogarth via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

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> This resolution certainly is hard to speak against. But I will.
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>  I feel this is problematic for us as a political party. We should be
> addressing the role of the state in people’s lives, not weighing in on
> practices individuals choose.
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> Absolutely we are against individuals aggressing against others, but I
> don’t think it makes sense for us *as a political party* to issue
> statements condemning individual aggressions. Especially in the case where
> legislation to ban such practices is under discussion, this makes it seem
> as if we support state bans. (And guess what, harming people is already
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>   Susan Jane Hogarth
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> > On Apr 10, 2019 at 11:56 AM,  <Jeff Lyons via Lnc-business (mailto:
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> >  Good Morning,
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> >  I found a subject that I do not believe our platform addresses clearly
> enough and there has been some debate internally and externally about a
> recent decision in Massachusetts to ban Conversion Therapy for Minors,
> because that might include government intervention into how parents choose
> to raise children.
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> > After doing some research and speaking with members of the Libertarian
> Party who: have been personally exposed to this unwillingly as children,
> were unable to communicate privately with their parents about the true
> nature of this physical torture, were physically restrained and beaten for
> attempting to be released from these concentration camps even upon reaching
> adulthood, and their parents were convinced to sign their child up for
> Social Security / Disability and pass that government money on to the
> Therapists to unwittingly pay for the indefinite treatment of detained
> children, even into adulthood, with absolutely no achievable criterion for
> patients to win back their freedom; I am DEEPLY disturbed that such a thing
> is still ongoing in modern America.
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> > Therefore, I will propose the following resolution. I hope you will
> co-sponsor and I welcome any input and revision that will more strongly
> codify the Libertarian Party stance in SUPPORT of LGBTQ+ communities and
> AGAINST torture and involuntary detainment.
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> > Draft:
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> > "WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party asserts that all individuals have the
> right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives, and have the right to
> live in whatever manner they choose, so long as they do not forcibly
> interfere with the equal right of others to live in whatever manner they
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> > WHEREAS, parents, or other guardians, have the right to raise their
> children according to their own standards and beliefs, provided that the
> rights of children to be free from abuse and neglect are also protected;
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> > WHEREAS, Conversion therapy for sexual orientation is now considered
> unethical by both The American Psychiatric Association and The American
> Academy of Child  &  Adolescent Psychiatry;
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> > WHEREAS, the Supreme Court has declined to review and shown no concern
> with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals in the 3rd and 9th Circuits
> which have upheld the Ban on Conversion Therapy for Minors, and upheld the
> decision of a lower court in New Jersey where a 12-person jury unanimously
> declared it "Consumer Fraud".
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> > WHEREAS, conversion therapy has been experimented in the past as a form
> of punishment for homosexuality, and there has been no evidence whatsoever
> that conversion therapy can successfully alter the gender identity or
> sexual orientation of unwilling participants;
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> > WHEREAS, children are often subjected to conversion therapy against
> their will by loving parents whom are unaware that the methods used in
> conversion therapy are extremely forceful and abusive, often utilizing
> psychological torture, physical punishment, starvation, aversive
> treatments, and public shaming or embarrassing a child whenever they
> display undesired behaviors, and that conversion therapy has been shown to
> result in suicide attempts by 20% of these patients: a five-fold increase
> in risk of suicide attempts compared to other teens;
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> > THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, Conversion therapy, also called "reparative
> therapy," "reorientation therapy," or "ex-gay therapy" constitutes consumer
> fraud and forceful abuse, which the Libertarian Party opposes.
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> > FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, the Libertarian Party opposes subjecting
> unwilling participants through force or coercion, especially children, to
> conversion therapy treatment or other forms of counseling expressly
> designed to alter their gender identity, sexual orientation, or hormonal
> balance."
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> > Thank you for all you do for the Liberty of others and I believe in this
> case there are some who sorely need our help.
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> > Thank you.
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> > Very Respectfully,
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> > Jeff Lyons
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> > LNC Region 8 Alternate
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