The language in the anti-conversion-therapy bill that cleared a key committee in the Maine House of Representatives offers no protection for Christian counselors whom parents might ask to try to guide their children away from same-sex attraction.
Supporters of the bill say coercion and shame should not be used to deal with sexual orientation, and that homosexuality shouldn't be discouraged.
The language in the anti-conversion-therapy bill that cleared a key committee in the Maine House of Representatives offers no protection for Christian counselors whom parents might ask to try to guide their children away from same-sex attraction.
Supporters of the bill say coercion and shame should not be used to deal with sexual orientation, and that homosexuality shouldn't be discouraged.…
