Gay is not The Way
This past
weekend Governor Jerry Brown of California, signed the new law that will ban
the therapy aimed at turning gay kids straight. This new law will only prohibit
the efforts to change the sexual orientation to patients under the age of 18.
This will take full effect on January 1st, 2013.
In interviews
it states that patients who underwent sessions had tremendous results. In my
opinion this is all extremely stupid. I believe that if a child is gay, as in, he
or she likes the same gender, then it should not be anyone but that child’s
parents decision whether or not he or she should get treatment for their issue.
Being gay is a big deal in today’s world. That child that stays gay his or her
whole life will grow up being called mean and hurtful names. Such as; fag**t, qu*er,
hom*, the list goes on and on. I know
this for a fact. I’ve seen gays get treated badly and it’s just not fair. I wouldn’t
know firsthand because I have never had anyone close to me turn out to be gay “knock
on wood”, but I can imagine it to be a rough path to go down.
Jamey Rodemeyer, a 14 year old boy
from Buffalo, N.Y was a very gay child. He had been known to be gay for as long
as his friends can remember. It is said “Jamey had been tormented for the past
12 months by cyberbullies who made disparaging comments with gay references on
his Formspring account”. They said things such as, "JAMIE IS STUPID, GAY,
FAT ANND [sic] UGLY. HE MUST DIE!" one post said, according to local
reports. Another read, "I wouldn't care if you died. No one would. So just
do it :) It would make everyone WAY more happier!"
What I’m getting at is it makes no
sense for this Governor to make these sessions illegal. If children are gay and
they know that they are gay and they want help that should be perfectly
acceptable. Hopefully after January first children seeking help will find
another solution. Maybe if young Jamey
would have gotten some treatment he would still be among us…
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