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:''See also: [[Homosexuality and the Bible]]'' and ''[[Mystery:Do Sports Affect Sexual Preference?]]''

:''See also: [[Homosexuality and the Bible]]'' and ''[[Mystery:Do Sports Affect Sexual Preference?]]''

'''Conversion therapy''', also known as reparative therapy or Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), consists of counseling or treatment to change someone's sexual attraction from homosexuality to heterosexuality. In 2019, [[New York City]] repealed its politically motivated ban on this, just two years after trying to prohibit it. On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [[Eleventh Circuit]] struck down bans on conversion therapy in [[Florida]].<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/19-10604/19-10604-2020-11-20.html ''Otto v. Citi of Boca Raton'' decision]</ref>  The [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Bishops of [[Poland]] officially endorsed conversion therapy.<ref>https://www.newwaysministry.org/2020/09/01/polish-bishops-claim-church-teaching-on-homosexuality-is-infallible/, translating the key paragraphs of the original document at [https://episkopat.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stanowisko-Konferencji-Episkopatu-Polski-w-kwestii-LGBT.pdf]</ref>  [[Leftist]] [[Canada]] has banned conversion therapy and some [[free speech]], which underscores their effectiveness.<ref>https://www.tbnewswatch.com/following-up/following-up-city-looks-to-bar-conversion-therapy-hate-speech-5315659</ref>  '''''The [[Texas]] [[GOP]] platform supports conversion therapy'''''. The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] is expected to invalidate bans on conversion therapy in a decision to be rendered by June 2026, in ''Chiles v. Salazar'' (Sup. Ct. No. 24-539, on appeal from the [[Tenth Circuit]]).

'''Conversion therapy''', also known as reparative therapy or Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE), consists of counseling or treatment to change someone's sexual attraction from homosexuality to heterosexuality. '''''On March 31, 2026, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] invalidated bans on conversion therapy in its decision captioned ''Chiles v. Salazar''''' (Sup. Ct. No. 24-539).

 

Previously even [[liberal]] [[New York City]] repealed, in 2019, its politically motivated ban on this, just two years after trying to prohibit it. On November 20, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the [[Eleventh Circuit]] struck down bans on conversion therapy in [[Florida]].<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca11/19-10604/19-10604-2020-11-20.html ''Otto v. Citi of Boca Raton'' decision]</ref>  The [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] Bishops of [[Poland]] officially endorsed conversion therapy.<ref>https://www.newwaysministry.org/2020/09/01/polish-bishops-claim-church-teaching-on-homosexuality-is-infallible/, translating the key paragraphs of the original document at [https://episkopat.pl/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Stanowisko-Konferencji-Episkopatu-Polski-w-kwestii-LGBT.pdf]</ref>  Meanwhile, [[Leftist]] [[Canada]] has banned conversion therapy and some [[free speech]], which underscores their effectiveness.<ref>https://www.tbnewswatch.com/following-up/following-up-city-looks-to-bar-conversion-therapy-hate-speech-5315659</ref>  '''''The [[Texas]] [[GOP]] platform supports conversion therapy'''''.

The [[Bible]] and [[Christian]] [[faith]] are powerful methods of becoming a [[heterosexuality|heterosexual]], as is participation in activities like [[baseball]] and [[chess]]. Because [[ex-homosexuals]] exist -- thereby proving conversion is possible -- homosexual activists have enacted laws prohibiting conversion therapy for minors in about half the states, including [[liberal]] California, Oregon, New Jersey, Illinois and the District of Columbia. Red-state [[Utah]], where the pro-[[transgender]] [[Mormon]] Church is dominant, caved to pressure to enact a ban on conversion therapy for minors. But on February 24, 2015, an Oklahoma House committee passed a bill to protect the right to conversion therapy, and this therapy remains fully lawful in the red states except Utah. [[Liberal]] [[Dem]] Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] tried to ban it for minors by issuing an unusual executive order in [[New York]].<ref>Gov. Cuomo's executive order purports to prohibit health insurers in New York from reimbursing for "conversion therapy services provided to an insured under the age of 18 years" and "to require behavioral health providers to certify that they will not provide conversion therapy to minors or seek reimbursement from the insurer for such services."  In addition, the executive order purports to make it "unlawful for any mental health facility licensed, funded or operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health to provide conversion therapy to minors" such that "[f]ailure to comply with these new regulations could result in the revocation of license and/or funding for any entity found to have engaged in these practices."  Medicaid was also prohibited from reimbursing for it in New York. [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-executive-actions-banning-coverage-conversion-therapy Feb. 6, 2016 executive order]</ref>

The [[Bible]] and [[Christian]] [[faith]] are powerful methods of becoming a [[heterosexuality|heterosexual]], as is participation in activities like [[baseball]] and [[chess]]. Because [[ex-homosexuals]] exist -- thereby proving conversion is possible -- homosexual activists have enacted laws prohibiting conversion therapy for minors in about half the states, including [[liberal]] California, Oregon, New Jersey, Illinois and the District of Columbia. Red-state [[Utah]], where the pro-[[transgender]] [[Mormon]] Church is dominant, caved to pressure to enact a ban on conversion therapy for minors. But on February 24, 2015, an Oklahoma House committee passed a bill to protect the right to conversion therapy, and this therapy remains fully lawful in the red states except Utah. [[Liberal]] [[Dem]] Governor [[Andrew Cuomo]] tried to ban it for minors by issuing an unusual executive order in [[New York]].<ref>Gov. Cuomo's executive order purports to prohibit health insurers in New York from reimbursing for "conversion therapy services provided to an insured under the age of 18 years" and "to require behavioral health providers to certify that they will not provide conversion therapy to minors or seek reimbursement from the insurer for such services."  In addition, the executive order purports to make it "unlawful for any mental health facility licensed, funded or operated by the New York State Office of Mental Health to provide conversion therapy to minors" such that "[f]ailure to comply with these new regulations could result in the revocation of license and/or funding for any entity found to have engaged in these practices."  Medicaid was also prohibited from reimbursing for it in New York. [https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-cuomo-announces-executive-actions-banning-coverage-conversion-therapy Feb. 6, 2016 executive order]</ref>

A therapist reports that, after conversion, a previously homosexual man tends to be physically attracted to only his girlfriend or wife. A heterosexual male is typically attracted to women in addition to his wife, while a converted former homosexual is typically physically attracted to only his girlfriend or wife.

A therapist reports that, after conversion, a previously homosexual man tends to be physically attracted to only his girlfriend or wife. A heterosexual male is typically attracted to women in addition to his wife, while a converted former homosexual is typically physically attracted to only his girlfriend or wife.

Homosexuality is highly correlated to someone's activities and culture.  For example, training in baseball and figure skating begins when a boy is only about six years old.  After years of engaging in those activities, often for hours each day, upon reaching adulthood fewer than 1 in 1000 baseball players are homosexual, while estimates are that 33% of male figure skaters are—a 300-fold difference after doing different activities.

Homosexuality is highly correlated with someone's activities and culture.  For example, training in baseball and figure skating begins when a boy is only about six years old.  After years of engaging in those activities, often for hours each day, upon reaching adulthood fewer than 1 in 1000 baseball players are homosexual, while estimates are that 33% of male figure skaters are, which is a 300-fold difference in sexual preference after repetitively engaging in different sports.

In some cases, the therapy addresses the hatred a male patient had for his father while growing up.  By repairing that relationship (see also the [[Prodigal Son]]), the therapist can be successful in enabling the patient to become heterosexual.  Paul endorses the equivalent of [[Christian]]-based conversion therapy in [[1 Corinthians 1-8 (Translated)#6:11|1 Corinthians 6:11]].

In some cases, the therapy addresses the hatred a male patient had for his father while growing up.  By repairing that relationship (see also the [[Prodigal Son]]), the therapist can be successful in enabling the patient to become heterosexual.  Paul endorses the equivalent of [[Christian]]-based conversion therapy in [[1 Corinthians 1-8 (Translated)#6:11|1 Corinthians 6:11]].

Predictably, advocates of the [[homosexual agenda]] oppose and even seek to prohibit reparative therapy, analogous to how some countries prohibit conversion to [[Christianity]].  But conversion therapy remains fully legal and effective in nearly all of the United States, with the exception of recent laws concerning minors which were passed in [[liberal]] California and New Jersey.

Predictably, advocates of the [[homosexual agenda]] oppose and even seek to prohibit reparative therapy, analogous to how some countries prohibit conversion to [[Christianity]].  But conversion therapy remains fully legal and effective in nearly all of the United States, with the exception of recent laws concerning minors which passed in [[liberal]] California and New Jersey.

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