Kansas City Stalls On Ineffectual Conversation Therapy Ban Part Deux

The reality . . . 

The legislation will be so vague and unenforceable that right-wing think tanks won't bother to sue in order to block . . .

Here's a nicer version of reality from the newspaper . . .  

Council members approved a resolution directing the city's LGBTQ Commission to provide a recommendation on how the city should replace a recently repealed ban on conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice of attempting to change a gay or transgender person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The resolution comes as council members are proposing two different ways on how to replace the repealed ban that was likely no longer enforceable because of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down a similar law in Colorado.

Last week, Mayor Quinton Lucas and 6th District Council member Johnathan Duncan unveiled a proposed ordinance to replace the repealed ban with a new one meant to survive the court's ruling. That proposal does not specifically reference conversion therapy. Instead, it prohibits "dangerous and life-threatening therapeutic practices in exchange of compensation."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

KC slows down push for new conversion therapy ban to get LGBTQ support

The City Council wants Kansas City LGBTQ leaders to have a say on how the city prohibits conversion therapy in the future.