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Sacramento, Calif., Nov 6, 2012 \/ 04:02 am (CNA<\/a>).- A legal group is seeking a federal injunction against a California ban on \u201creparative therapy\u201d for minors with homosexual attractions or behaviors, saying the law restricts the rights of families to find treatment for their children and threatens religious freedom.
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\n\tBrad Dacus, president of the Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute, said that the advocacy for the bill \u201crelied heavily on sound bites and buzzwords.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cOur legal briefs have unmasked this stealth attack for what it is \u2013 an unprecedented attempt to reach even inside the four walls of a church to enforce state orthodoxy on homosexual behavior,\u201d he said Oct. 31.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe are looking forward to defending churches \u2013 and our children \u2013 in court.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tPacific Justice Institute attorneys sought the legal injunction in a Sacramento federal court against S.B. 1172 in filings last week.<\/p>\n

\tThe broadly worded law prohibits any therapy \u201cto change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex\u201d among minors.<\/p>\n

\tThe law prohibits not only therapies that promote \u201cconversion\u201d to heterosexuality but bars therapy to change behavior and address unwanted attractions, even if the minors and their parents desire the therapy.<\/p>\n

\tBackers of the bill include gay rights activists and mental health groups, who charge that reparative therapy may increase the risk of depression and suicide.<\/p>\n

\tBill May, president of Catholics for the Common Good, is one of the bill\u2019s critics. He told CNA Nov. 5 that the bill endangers the well-being of youth and could affect counselors in Catholic schools.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cA priest or a nun or a lay Catholic person who is a licensed counselor or therapist could lose their license if they are treating a teenager who has gender confusion or unwanted same-sex attractions,\u201d he said. \u201cThey cannot really, in the context of the therapy, witness to the truths of our faith and really treat the whole person.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe said the bill restricts the rights of young people to be treated for gender confusion or same-sex attraction \u201ceven if these things are unwanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt also violates the rights of parents who love their children and act in the best interests of their children,\u201d he said, pointing to State Sen. Ted Lieu\u2019s comments that purpose of the bill is to prevent parents from harming their children.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThere\u2019s no one who loves children more than parents; certainly not the state of California,\u201d May said.<\/p>\n

\tOn October 4the Florida-based Liberty Counsel challenged the law on behalf of several plaintiffs. The plaintiffs include parents and their children who say they are benefiting from such counseling, several licensed counselors, the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, and the 50,000-member American Association for Christian Counselors.<\/p>\n

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