[Lnc-business] EMAIL BALLOT 190419-1 Opposition to Conversion Therapy Resolution

[Whitney Bilyeu]

5th clause - should be its, not it's.

On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 10:12 AM Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business <
lnc-business at hq.lp.org> wrote:

> We have an electronic mail ballot.
>
> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by April 26, 2019 at 11:59:59 pm
> Pacific time.
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> Co-Sponsors:  Harlos, Longstreth, Merced, O'Donnell, Phillips
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> Resolution:
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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 choose;
>
> WHEREAS, although children have not reached sufficient maturity to be the
> full custodian of their rights which are temporarily entrusted to their
> parents or guardians, their rights to bodily integrity and intimate
> personal identification, are inalienable and coerced action that would
> fundamentally deny these rights is abusive;
>
> 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;
>
> WHEREAS, conversion therapy has been used in the past as a form of
> punishment for homosexuality and gender identity which does not conform to
> traditional expectations; and the rights to gender and sexual identity are
> fundamental rights;
>
> WHEREAS, this conversion therapy has it's roots in unethical treatment used
> since the 70's in issues such as drug use, psychiatric disorders, and
> learning disabilities, that describe humiliation, sleep deprivation, sexual
> abuse, starvation, and isolation as "treatment techniques";
>
> WHEREAS, children are often subjected to this type of therapy against their
> will, even by loving and well-intentioned parents who are unaware that the
> methods used in conversion therapy are extremely forceful and abusive, and
> that any therapy similar to this has been shown to result in
> suicide attempts by 20% of these patients: a five-fold increase in the risk
> of suicide attempts compared to other teens;
>
> THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that therapy modeled off these abusive
> institutions, protected and/or funded by the State, constitutes consumer
> fraud and forceful abuse, which the Libertarian Party opposes, and we
> oppose all laws allowing such.
>
> FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, the Libertarian Party opposes subjecting unwilling
> participants through force or coercion, especially children, to any therapy
> that violates the non-aggression principle through any method that would be
> considered abuse or torture.
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> Please notify me of any discrepancies.
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> Caryn.Ann.
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*Whitney Bilyeu*
Libertarian National Committee
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