{"id":593581,"date":"2021-07-16T13:20:15","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593581"},"modified":"2021-07-16T13:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T17:20:17","slug":"minnesota-governor-bans-conversion-therapy-for-minors-becoming-24th-state-to-do-so","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-governor-bans-conversion-therapy-for-minors-becoming-24th-state-to-do-so\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Governor Bans Conversion Therapy For Minors, Becoming 24th State To Do So"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fminnesota-governor-bans-conversion-therapy-for-minors-becoming-24th-state-to-do-so%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593581&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1154119552-scaled-e1626454838737.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Thursday banning conversion therapy for minors.<\/p>\n<p>Walz called <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2019\/09\/03\/conversion-therapy-group-founder-gay-has-regrets\/\">conversion therapy<\/a> \u2013 the practice of trying to change LGBT people to be heterosexual \u2013 a \u201cbyzantine, tortuous practice\u201d and sought to make sure no health insurance plans cover it, The <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/health-religion-government-and-politics-90ea27459d128d7a51d0fa0672674400\">Associated Press<\/a> (AP) reported. Minnesota is the 24th state to ban the practice, although <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/18\/minneapolis-residents-lawsuit-sue-mayor-jacob-frey-city-council-police-department-staff-crime-surge\/\">11 cities<\/a> in the state, including <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/16\/minneapolis-city-council-abolish-police\/\">Minneapolis<\/a>, St. Paul, Rochester and Duluth, already had bans in place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no place for hate in this state, there\u2019s no room for division,\u201d Walz said at the signing ceremony, according to the report. \u201cOur LGBTQ+ community is part, and a huge part, of what it means to be one Minnesota. When they are hurt or put through this, we all hurt. And when they succeed, we all succeed.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/uk-queen-elizabeth-ii-ban-conversion-therapy\/\">(RELATED: \u2018Abhorrent Practices\u2019: Queen Of England Promises To Ban Conversion Therapy)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some Republicans and groups who oppose the ban argue that it restricts people from seeking treatment voluntarily if they wish to try and change their sexual orientation. The Minnesota Family Council argued that Walz\u2019s ban amounts to \u201cexecutive overreach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis executive order will not end so-called \u2018conversion therapy,\u2019 since professional standards in mental health care already did that years ago,\u201d said Minnesota Family Council CEO John Helmberger. \u201cInstead, this will ban young people experiencing unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria from getting the voluntary, compassionate care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democratic state Sen. Scott Dibble, who is openly gay, has argued in favor of the ban and advocated for legislation to ensure future governors do not repeal Walz\u2019s executive order, The AP reported. He also supports extending the ban to individuals of all ages, not just minors.<\/p>\n<p>Dibble told LGBT Minnesotans in a statement that they are \u201cperfect\u201d and \u201cdo not have to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are a gift from God,\u201d he said. \u201cOur state and our world is better because you are part of it. You are a part of us. You are a full member of Minnesota\u2019s family, and beloved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed an executive order Thursday banning conversion therapy for minors.Walz called conversion therapy \u2013 the practice of trying to change LGBT people to be heterosexual &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}