Conversion therapy ban draws opposition

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Published on October 21, 2020 -
Conversion therapy ban draws opposition

Conversion therapy ban draws opposition

The religious community in st.

Joseph butting heads with the human rights committee tonight at city hall.

Thanks for joining us at ten, i'm alan van zandt.

The commission - -taking a second look at a recommendation they made to ban conversion therapy in the city for minors at the direction of the city council.

The vice chair of the committee says they hope to reduce abuse and ultimate suicides that he says too often comes with the practice and that many medical associations around the world have renounced the practice however, several local religious leaders addressed the committee saying they feel the ban would impose on their religious freedoms. [david mason] "i was here to say i would like for them to please stop trying to get a hammer, to be able to hammer the churches and let us have our freedom of religion."

[michael jasper] "they felt that there was an adversarial relationship between the human rights commission and the religious community in town and nothing could be further from the truth."

The vice chair says several members on the committee including himself are also devout in their faith.

If st.

Joseph were to approve the ban, the city would be the fourth in the state of missouri to do so behind kansas city, st.

Louis and columbia.

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