From Odyssey Networks’ Faith on the Record series: The Oval Office has issued a statement officially supporting the movement to ban “conversion therapy,” especially as practiced on homosexual and transgender kids in the United States. In most cases, the “treatment” is either self-imposed, or imposed upon minors by family members who believe for religious reasons that the child/teen can become (and should become) heterosexual. “The use of conversion therapy is not a gay rights issue. It’s a public health issue, and very much in the domain of the president of the federal government…. There is overwhelming evidence that it not only doesn’t work, but does terrible damage to the people who are subjected to it.” Watch my video for more insight and discussion.
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Brad Hirschfield is the co-founder and co-executive editor of The Wisdom Daily. A rabbi, Brad has been featured on ABC’s Nightline UpClose, PBS’s Frontline, Fox News and National Public Radio. He wrote a long-standing column, “For God’s Sake,” for the Washington Post, and has also written for The Huffington Post and Beliefnet.com. He authored the book, You Don?t Have To Be Wrong For Me To Be Right: Finding Faith Without Fanaticism. Brad also serves as President of Clal, The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, a leadership training institute, think tank and resource center in New York City.