[Lnc-business] BALLOT 190423-1 Resolution in Opposition to Conversion Therapy (Alt Language)

[Joe Bishop-Henchman]

I vote yes.

JBH

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Joe Bishop-Henchman
LNC Member (At-Large)
joe.bishop-henchman at lp.org
www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837

On 2019-04-23 05:38, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
> We have an electronic mail ballot.
> 
> Votes are due to the LNC-Business list by April 30, 2019 at 11:59:59 pm
> Pacific time.
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> Co-Sponsors:  Bishop-Henchman, Harlos, Longstreth, Merced, Phillips
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> 
> Resolution:
> 
> 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 its 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", which in any other
> area are considered torture or cruel and unusual punishment; 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
> the Libertarian Party opposes so-called conversion therapy as 
> fraudulent
> and abusive, and opposes its protection or funding by federal or state
> governments; 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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> *  In Liberty,*
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> *Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary *- 
> Caryn.Ann.
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