The Denver City Council is proposing to ban reparative therapy for minors in the next month.
This move to remove a therapy which works, which has saved lives is gaining some unparalleled momentum for some reason, but pro-family forces seem to be asleep at the wheel on this.
But not MassResistance.
For the past two weeks, members of Colorado MassResistance have been contacting the Denver City Council to urge them to reject this so-called "conversion therapy" ban.
Here's a voicemail I received from Councilman Rafael Espinoza last week:
Good afternoon Arthur. This is Councilman Espinoza in Denver
District One.
I appreciate you attempts trying to influence me with your
ignorance, and I just want you to know that I am not interested. You can
continue wasting your time to trying to contact me to persuade me not to
support our current legislation. But It will in fact fall on deaf ears.
I don’t care how many people outside my district or inside
my district you are able to cultivate to communicate your expressed views, but
I am not interested.
That said, if you continue wasting your time and efforts to
trying persuade me others, but it is going to be as effective as conversion therapy, which it is not.
Have a good day. Thank you. Goodbye.
This is the kind of ignorance and arrogance that pro-family groups are dealing with right now. The elected officials have neither respect nor regard for the will of the voters nor the worth of biological truth and academic research.
First of all, helping people break free of homosexuality and transgenderism is not called "conversion therapy." It's not like someone was born one way, and specialists and professionals are trying to get someone to enter into a different life. The truth is that people are not born "gay", nor are boys and girls born in the wrong bodies. Men and women, boys and girls receive clear genetic as well as biological determinants which imprint on individuals their sex, whether male or female.
Secondly, when this ignorant "elected official" declares that reparative therapy does not work, he is clearly mouthing, parroting the lies of the regressive Left and the aggressive LGBT lobby. Many of these fraudulent groups claim that reparative therapy relies on genital stimulation, forced swallowing of vinegar, electroshock therapy, etc. None of these abusive practices take place.
Reparative therapy is a cognitive therapy. It's never forced on someone, since that is unethical. It's about helping people who want to be set free from these unwanted behaviors.
Furthemore, this reparative therapy bans are unconstitutional, since they criminalize forms of speech. There is no such thing as forms of speech which receive second-class status. All of this is unacceptable.
Last of all, this violates the freedom of individuals to pursue the lives that they want to lead. These reparative therapy bans violate parental rights. Such incursions into family life is beyond unacceptable. Countless children's lives have been saved, so that they could develop into strong adults who did great things in this life.
To ban a therapy which saves lives is nothing short of inexcusable!
Contact Councilman Espinoza, and contact every church in the Denver area to remind the city council whom they work for, and it is not the virulent, abusive LGBT Lobby!
Here is his legislative aide Logan Frye: (303) 241-7441
Here's the full info on Rafael Espinoza:
District One
Rafael Espinoza
1437 Bannock Street
Room 451
Denver, CO 80202
720-337-7701
DistrictOne@denvergov.org
Below, you will find all the contact information for the Denver City Councilmembers and the Mayor's office:
Denver City
Council Contact Information
City Council Main Office
City and County Building
1437 Bannock St., Rm. 451
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 720-337-2000 | Fax: 720-865-9482
District One
Rafael Espinoza
1437 Bannock Street
Room 451
Denver, CO 80202
720-337-7701
District Two
Kevin Flynn
Councilman District 2
Phone: (720) 337-2222
District Three
Paul D. López
Councilman District 3
Phone: (720) 337-3333
District Four
Kendra Black
Councilwoman District 4
Phone: (720)337-4444
District Five
Mary Beth Susman
Councilwoman District 5
Phone: (720)337-5555
District Six
Paul Kashmann
Councilman District 6
1437 Bannock St, #451
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (720) 337-6666
District Seven
Jolon Clark
1437 Bannock Street
Room 405
Denver, CO 80202
PHONE AND EMAIL
(720) 337-7777
jolon.clark@denvergov.org
District Eight
Christopher Herndon
Councilman District 8
Phone: (720) 337-8888
District Nine
Albus Brooks
Councilman District 9
Phone: (720) 337-7709
District Ten
Wayne New
Councilman District 10
Phone: (720) 337-7710
District Eleven
Stacie Gilmore
Councilwoman District 11
stacie.gilmore@denvergov.org
Phone: 720-337-7711
At Large District One
Robin Kniech
Council At Large
Phone: (720) 337-7712
At Large District Two
Deborah "Debbie" Ortega
Council At Large
Phone: (720) 337-7713
Mayor MICHAEL B. HANCOCK
Mayor's Office Phone Number:
720-865-9000
Wow! Councilman Espinoza sounds like the real bigot here!
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