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Democrats challenge Pence to support proposal to ban ‘ex-gay’ therapy - allowing sin to take control

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Democrats in Congress have reintroduced legislation seeking to ban “ex-gay” conversion therapy nationwide, challenging Vice President Mike Pence to support the bill. The arrogance of such a bill is now clear to see. Those who wish to leave the immoral lifestyle choice of homosexuality will now be given no counselling help, because a politician supports immoral same sex sin. Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) in the U.S. House and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) in the U.S. Senate reintroduced on Tuesday the Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act , legislation that would ban “ex-gay” therapy by declaring it fraudulent practice. Patty Murray said in a statement the bill is necessary given the anti- LGBT positions of the Trump administration, which among other things includes the reversal of Obama-era guidance assuring transgender kids have access to school restrooms consistent with their gender identity. “On this and so many other issues impacting the homosexual community, the Trump Administratio...

Fox petitions Supreme Court to strike down TV decency regs as ‘too vague’

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Image via Wikipedia A group of broadcast networks led by Fox is challenging the constitutionality of the federal government’s decency standards for television broadcast, including the use of expletives and nudity. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be defending its decency standards before the U.S. Supreme Court after the Second Circuit , in a July 2010 case involving the use of expletives in two Fox TV awards shows, ruled that the standards were too vague. The same court upheld the ruling in a separate case in January, striking down the FCC’s fine against a group of ABC stations that broadcast an actress’ nudity in an episode of NYPD Blue in 2003. Broadcasters will argue that the current standards violate their Fi Image via Wikipedia rst Amendment rights . “ Prime-time television has already degraded. Removing the current decency standards would allow prime-time TV to slide into a cinematic cesspool,” said Liberty Counsel founder Mathew D. Staver , whose group fil...