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Mexico conference on overcoming same-sex attractions takes place in new venue

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MEXICO CITY , February 14, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A Mexico conference that was cancelled last week for offering therapy to people with unwanted same-sex attraction was held this past Wednesday in a different venue. The conference, initially titled “How to love correctly,” by self-described ex-homosexual Richard Cohen was to take place in a Catholic school in the city of Monterrey, Mexico . It was cancelled because, according to Cohen, “the parents and students of the Labastida School were repeatedly harassed by gay and lesbian activists when coming in and out of the school.” “The school was traumatized by the constant harassment so they had to cancel my conference,” he said to a local newspaper. The Mexican Center for Psycho-traumatism, which organized the event, decided to host the conference in the Palestinian-Lebanese Club instead, not far from the original venue and with the new title of “Understanding, learning and loving.” Local media report a turnout of o...