9/19/12: SaveCalifornia.com asks Jerry Brown to veto SB 1172
September 19, 2012 -- For Immediate Release
SaveCalifornia.com asks Jerry Brown to veto SB 1172Unfair, anti-parent bill bans counseling for molested kids suffering from gender confusion
Sacramento , California -- Veteran family issues organization SaveCalifornia.com is urging Governor Jerry Brown to veto a bill on his desk that would prohibit parents from acquiring professional counseling to help a molested son or daughter heal from the gender confusion often resulting from childhood sexual abuse.
See our veto request letter.
See the study "Gender identity disorder in young people" which we also sent to Gov. Brown.
Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, which promotes moral virtues for the common good, has said the following about SB 1172:
"How dare these Democrat politicians deny essential care to children who've been raped or molested by a perpetrator. How dare the Democrats rob parents of their God-given right to pursue healing for their traumatized child. It is absolutely wrong to withhold emotional, mental, and physical help from a child who has been raped or molested, who, as a result of this physical, mental, and emotional exploitation, has become confused about his or her sexual identity. Loving parents have the moral obligation to seek and find the best counseling they can to help their abused child embrace the truth that heals and reject the lies that harm. SB 1172 is a disgusting abuse of government that destroys parental rights and damages the very souls of sexually abused children.
"The data show environmental factors shape gender-identity confusion, rather than biological factors, given the absence of a homosexual genome. The professional counseling that an abused child receives is often the key to the child's recovery and overall mental health. Intolerant of people's beliefs and unloving to abused children, SB 1172 would lock traumatized boys and girls into a state of sexual exploitation, prohibiting loving parents from acquiring and paying for professional counseling to help heal their hurting child's heart and mind."
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SaveCalifornia.com is a leading West Coast nonprofit, nonpartisan organization standing strong for moral virtues for the common good. We represent children and families in the areas of marriage and family, parental rights, the sanctity of human life, religious freedom, financial freedom, and back-to-basics education.
