Michael Simanowitz, And Phillip Goldfeder Vote To Ban Therapists From Helping People Overcome Homosexual Desires

NY Assembly bans gay conversion therapy for kids

on June 16, 2014 at 5:59 PM, updated June 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)  -- New York's Assembly has passed a ban against health professionals trying to change a child's sexual orientation through therapy.

Why The APA Says repetitive Therapy is harmful

On Monday the Democratic-led Assembly passed the ban 86 to 28. It would prohibit licensed psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, mental health practitioners and physicians from using conversion therapy on anyone under 18 remember many molestation victims go on to develop attraction for members of he same sex, so this bill is pro sexual molestation. Clergy would not be included.
 The American Psychological Association says there is no evidence so-called gay conversion therapy can change someone's sexual orientation . However the former head of the APA Nicholas Cummings, who is led the fight to declassify homosexuality as a mental illness, has admitted gays can change! 

(The New American)

Bans against gay conversion therapy have already gone into law in New Jersey and California. A proposed ban was voted down in Illinois in April.

Opponents of the ban say that it may infringe on a person's freedom of speech. (read this to understand why they also don't say freedom of religion rather only use free speech)

The bill has been sent to the Republican-led Senate for consideration. and BH didn't get voted on before the session ended
(AP)

This is from the opening statement of the bill that the "Orthodox" Michael Simanowitz, Phillip Goldfeder, David Weprin, and Shelly Silver were maskim to by voting for this bill.

 a.  Being  lesbian,  gay,  bisexual  or  transgender is not a disease, disorder, illness, deficiency, or shortcoming.  The  major  professional associations  of  mental  health  practitioners  and  researchers in the United States have recognized this fact for nearly 40 years. (bill)

Remember that many rabbanim (from all circles) stated there was a chiyuv for those who have a teivah for mishkav zachar to go for therapy to get help


Listen to Rav Yoshe Ber Soloveitchik on the possibility of changing homosexual inclination, and his strong opposition, to the liberal view of a therapists role in dealing with homosexuality.



Mordechai Levovitz (YMS) who wants to ban this describes something that is clearly not harmful

“Then modern Orthodox high schools were sending their kids to a conversion therapy program. The school psychologist would try to change them from being gay to straight. Their methods included having the kid repeating the verse in the Bible over and over again for 45 minutes. Looking at pictures of AIDS victims and colorectal cancer victims and say ‘this is what comes of homosexual sex.’ Kids were being "traumatized". We haven’t heard that lately. Now the complaints kids have is that they don’t hear anybody from the administration using the word ‘gay’, and worry about what would happen if they come out. "Orthodox" high schools are starting to think proactively about it,” says Levovitz. “We’re heading in the "right" direction.”
(Haaretz)



For the remainder of this post all those politicians who acted problematically that have a decent sized Orthodox population in their district will be highlighted yellow, those that have a sizable Orthodox community will be highlighted green, 
"Orthodox" politicians will be highlighted blue.


SPONSOR Glick

(MS) COSPNSR Titone, Jaffee, O'Donnell, Barrett, Roberts, Skoufis, Zebrowski, Schimel, Rosenthal, Kavanagh, Bronson, Mosley, Brindisi, Paulin, Cahill, Lifton, Ortiz, Magnarelli, Davila, Weprin, Dinowitz, Moya, Peoples-Stokes, Titus

 MLTSPNSR Arroyo, Braunstein, Brennan, Buchwald, Cook, Hevesi, Lavine, Millman, Ryan, Sepulveda, Skartados, Stirpe, Thiele




A06983 Votes:

Abbate

Y

Corwin

NO

Glick

Y

Lavine

Y

Nolan

Y

Rozic

Y

Titus

Y

Abinant

Y

Crespo

Y

Goldfeder

Y

Lentol

Y

Oaks

NO

Russell

Y

Walter

Y

Arroyo

Y

Crouch

Y

Goodell

NO

Lifton

Y

O'Donne

Y

Ryan

Y

Weinstein

Y

Aubry

Y

Curran

Y

Gottfri

Y

Lopez

NO

Ortiz

ER

Saladin

ER

Weisenb

ER

Barclay

Y

Cusick

Y

Graf

NO

Lupardo

Y

Otis

Y

Santaba

Y

Weprin

Y

Barrett

Y

Cymbrowitz

Y

Gunther

Y

Lupinac

Y

Palmesa

NO

Scarbor

Y

Wright

Y

Benedet

Y

Davila

Y

Hawley

NO

Magee

Y

Palumbo

NO

Schimel

Y

Zebrowski

Y

Blanken

NO

DenDekk

Y

Heastie

Y

Magnare

Y

Paulin

Y

Schimmi

NO

Mr Spkr

Y

Borelli

Y

Dinowitz

Y

Henness

Y

Malliot

Y

Peoples

Y

Sepulve

Y

Braunst

Y

DiPietr

NO

Hevesi

Y

Markey

Y

Perry

Y

Simanowitz

Y

Brennan

Y

Duprey

Y

Hikind

NO

Mayer

Y

Pichard

Y

Simotas

Y

Brindis

Y

Englebr

Y

Hooper

Y

McDonal

Y

Pretlow

Y

Skartad

Y

Bronson

Y

Fahy

Y

Jacobs

Y

McDonou

NO

Quart

Y

Skoufis

Y

Brook-K

Y

Farrell

Y

Jaffee

Y

McKevit

NO

Ra

NO

Solages

Y

Buchwal

Y

Finch

Y

Johns

NO

McLaugh

NO

Raia

NO

Stec

NO

Butler

ER

Fitzpat

NO

Katz

NO

Miller

Y

Ramos

Y

Steck

Y

Cahill

Y

Friend

NO

Kavanag

Y

Millman

Y

Rivera

Y

Stirpe

Y

Camara

Y

Galef

Y

Kearns

NO

Montesa

Y

Roberts

Y

Sweeney

Y

Ceretto

NO

Gantt

Y

Kellner

AB

Morelle

Y

Robinso

Y

Tedisco

NO

Clark

Y

Garbari

Y

Kim

Y

Mosley

Y

Rodrigu

Y

Tenney

ER

Colton

Y

Giglio

NO

Kolb

NO

Moya

Y

Rosa

Y

Thiele

Y

Cook

Y

Gjonaj

Y

Lalor

ER

Nojay

NO

Rosenth

Y

Titone

Y

listen to Rav Yoshe Ber's complete statement!

The Senate sponsors of the bill 

SPONSOR    HOYLMAN

COSPNSR    GIANARIS, AVELLA, CARLUCCI, DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GIPSON,
                       HASSELL-THOMPSON, KENNEDY, KRUEGER, LATIMER, MARTINS, MONTGOMERY,
                      O'BRIEN, PARKER, PERALTA, PERKINS, RIVERA, SAVINO, SERRANO, SQUADRON,
                      STAVISKY, TKACZYK, VALESKY