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Censorship: California Senate passes bill banning books, therapy to help unwanted gay attraction

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The California Senate voted Thursday to approve the nation’s broadest proposed ban on treatment for overcoming unwanted same-sex attractions. The vote on Assembly Bill 2943 was 25-11, the  Washington Blade  reports . The bill forbids minors and adults alike from obtaining “sexual orientation change efforts,” regardless of their wishes. By classifying what leftists pejoratively call “conversion therapy” (also known as reparative therapy) under prohibited “goods,” critics say it would go so far as to ban the sale of books endorsing the practice, as well as other forms of constitutionally-protected speech. The Assembly  voted  50-14 to pass AB 2943 in April, but its Senate vote was delayed until after the summer recess following a deluge of phone calls from disapproving constituents and a fierce public backlash from churches and other religious groups. Bill sponsor and Democratic Assemblyman Evan Low reportedly considered amending it into a more palatable...

San Francisco set to vote on ban on public nudity, except at ‘gay pride’ events

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Folsom Street Fair, San Francisco (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) SAN FRANCISCO , November 19, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The pendulum of the sexual revolution may be swinging slightly back toward sanity in San Francisco, as the city is set to vote on a new law that may bar public nudity – except at the city’s gay pride march and other events cover ed by permit. Supervisor Scott Wiener . The ordinance, introduced by Supervisor Scott Wiener who oversees the city’s homosexual Castro District , would make it illegal for any adult and most children to “expose his or her genitals, perineum, or anal region” in public. The behavior of some naturists at the district’s public plaza pushed Wiener over the edge. “There’s always been occasional public nudity in San Francisco. Over the last two years it’s gone from being this quirky, occasional thing to an obnoxious, over-the-top thing,” Wiener  said . “A lot of people who live in the neighborhood are just sick of the fact t...