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Chelsea Clinton says conversion therapy is 'child abuse'

Chelsea Clinton says conversion therapy is 'child abuse'

PHILADELPHIA — Chelsea Clinton told Democratic delegates at a gay rights event Wednesday that the Republican Party's endorsement of "conversion therapy" in their platform would encourage child abuse."I thought about what I found most offensive last week, and it's hard," said Ms. Clinton, who added that Democratic voters should be motivated by the "open embrace of conversion therapy in the Republican Party Platform.""In other words, child abuse," she said."We need to ensure that we can elect people that share our values so that my mom can pass the Equality Act, and so that my mom can federally ban conversion therapy."A plank in the Republican Party platform states that parents of LGBT children should be allowed to take them for therapy that aims to change a person's sexual orientation.


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Newsom is wrong, Pence never advocated subsidizing gay conversion therapy

Newsom is wrong, Pence never advocated subsidizing gay conversion therapy

PHILADELPHIA — California Lieutenant Gov.and former San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom spoke Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention and repeated a standard Democratic line about Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence:Pence supported overt discrimination and even advocated diverting taxpayer dollars to so-called "conversion therapy."That's not "praying away the gay;" it's emotional torture against our most innocent citizens, our children.


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Chelsea Clinton calls conversion therapy GOP-endorsed 'child abuse'

Chelsea Clinton calls conversion therapy GOP-endorsed 'child abuse'

PHILADELPHIA — Chelsea Clinton told Democratic delegates at a gay rights group's luncheon that she feared the Republican Party's inclusion of "conversion therapy" in their platform would legalize "child abuse.""I do believe this is the most important connection of my lifetime," the Democratic nominee's daughter said at the Human Rights Campaign lunch on Wednesday."I thought about what I found most offensive last week, its hard to pick just one part," Clinton added.