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The Washington Times
| 8 months ago
Two sets of parents and their teenage sons are among the plaintiffs in a second federal lawsuit filed Thursday to block a new California law on counseling from going into effect. SB 1172, which was signed Sunday by California Gov. Jerry Brown . This...
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Tahoe Daily Tribune
| 8 months ago
A taxpayer group, joined by plaintiffs throughout California, filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block a fee that is being assessed on more than 800,000 property owners to raise money for fire prevention. The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association asks...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
I could've gone with sweat pants, but I needed to stop by a couple of offices and didn't want to look too relaxed...I'm not big into khakis and it's too chilly for shorts, so jeans won out. I decided to go with the French Roast over the Morning Blend.
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The Reporter
| 8 months ago
Gov. Jerry Brown memorably warned California lawmakers after returning for a third term in 2011 that they would soon be "playing the veto blues." But an analysis of the two-year legislative session that ended Sunday reveals the Democratic governor...
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SF Gate
| 8 months ago
A groundbreaking California law banning therapy that seeks to change the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian youths has been challenged in court by Christian conservatives who say it tramples on families' rights and therapists' consciences. The law,...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
Executive Director Kate Kendell, Esq released this statement today: This lawsuit is a desperate, last ditch effort to defend the indefensible. The plain fact is that every mainstream medical and mental health association in the country has warned...
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College Candy
| 8 months ago
California Bans Gay-Repair Therapy [Sex in the News] This week I'd like to send a huge congrats out to California for becoming the first state to ban therapy that aims to change sexual orientation of minors. The bill, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown bans...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
A Christian legal group has filed a lawsuit to overturn a first-of-its-kind California law that prohibits licensed mental health professionals from practicing therapies aimed at making gay and lesbian teenagers straight.The Sacramento Pacific Legal...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
The Democratic governor was concerned that Senate Bill 961 and Assembly Bill 1461 would force health insurers to carry out the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in California even if federal leaders dramatically change the law, such...
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Sacramento Bee
| 8 months ago
With his actions over the weekend, Brown has now signed more regular session bills 12,744 than any other governor since 1967, surpassing George Deukmejian and Ronald Reagan , according to an analysis by the Senate Committee on Governance and...
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Reuters
| 8 months ago
Topics California Governor Jerry Brown attends a celebration at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California, June 22, 2012, as the car company began delivering its Model S electric sedan. California Governor Jerry Brown has signed two bills related to the...
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Tech Dirt
| 8 months ago
Bay Area Rapid Transit) station to prevent potential protestors (none of whom actually showed up) from communicating. This raised significant questions about whether or not such actions were even legal . Either way, a bill was introduced and passed...
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The Herald
| 8 months ago
The assemblyman had wider support for the latest measure, AB 2189, however, with backing from some GOP lawmakers. "I'm proud the governor chose public safety over the politics of the day," Cedillo said. The other closely watched immigration bill was...
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Arizona Daily Sun
| 8 months ago
The Associated Press The Associated Press 1 hour ago Associated Press Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill allowing some illegal immigrants to get driver's licenses, but that wasn't good enough for immigrant advocates. Instead of cheering, some...
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The Washington Times
| 8 months ago
A legal-defense group that supports traditional values filed a federal lawsuit in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday to block a new California law that bans certain kinds of counseling for youth seeking help for same-sex attraction. We intend to use the...
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Perez Hilton
| 8 months ago
Reparative therapy for homosexuals, which some people call a "cure", will be banned for anyone under 18 starting on January 1, 2013 thanks to a bill signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown . The politician is the first to do so in the entire country...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
| 8 months ago
California is the first state in the US to pass a law banning conversion therapy on anyone under 18. The state's governor, Jerry Brown, says therapies used to try to change a person's sexual orientation have no basis in science or medicine. "They...
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Towleroad
| 8 months ago
National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality) representative Dan Pickup to discuss the law that was signed by California Governor Jerry Brown over the weekend banning harmful "ex-gay" reparative therapy for minors. Pickup, who...
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Gawker
| 8 months ago
Ex-Gay Therapist Wants to Sue California for Reparative Therapy Ban Noted homophobe and ex-gay who "was never gay-identified" David Pickup made an appearance on CNN this afternoon to mansplain to everyone that reparative therapydesigned to "cure"...
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Seattle Post Intelligencer
| 8 months ago
Gay rights advocates are making plans to get other states to join California in banning psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight, even as opponents prepared Monday to sue to overturn the first law in the nation to take aim at the practice.
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CNN
| 8 months ago
The bill prohibits efforts to change the sexual orientation of patients under age 18. Therapy claims to change homosexuals Bill bans therapy to change gay children The American Psychiatric Association says the potential risk of so-called "reparative...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Dona Monroe/Getty Images/Uppercut RF Britain's biggest professional body for psychotherapists has instructed members that it is unethical for them to attempt to "convert" gay people to being heterosexual, formalising a policy change long demanded by...
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CNN
| 8 months ago
The bill prohibits efforts to change the sexual orientation of patients under age 18. Therapy claims to change homosexuals Bill bans therapy to change gay children The American Psychiatric Association says the potential risk of so-called "reparative...
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BBC
| 8 months ago
California bans teenage gay conversion therapy Jerry Brown said the therapy had no basis in science In a statement, Mr Brown said sexual orientation change efforts "have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of...
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Associated Press
| 8 months ago
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation that makes California the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy that's aimed at making gay teenagers straight...The therapies "have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be...
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The Tribune
| 8 months ago
California will ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy California will ban gay teen 'conversion' therapy California will become the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight. Calif. to require waiver...
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Los Angeles Times
| 8 months ago
Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law that will allow hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and vetoed another that would have restricted sheriffs from helping federal authorities detain undocumented Californians...
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Kansas City Star
| 8 months ago
California will become the first state to ban a controversial form of psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight.Gov. Jerry Brown announced Sunday that he had signed SB1172 by Democratic Senator Ted Lieu of Torrance. Lieu says the law will...
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Taiwan News
| 8 months ago
Travel & Delicacy Beauty never Ends Ecological Environment Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2012-10-01 11:03 AM The first of its kind in the U.S., Californian Gov. Jerry Brown Sunday signed into law a bill, passed in the state legislature in August, that...
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Sacramento News
| 8 months ago
Sunday 30th September, 2012 Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will make the state the first to end attempts to change a minor's sexual orientation, his office announced Sunday...An Auburn man is under arrest Sunday after making criminal threats,...
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The New York Times
| 8 months ago
September 30, 2012 California has become the first state to ban the use for minors of disputed therapies to overcome homosexuality, a step hailed by gay rights groups across the country that say the therapies have caused dangerous emotional harm to...
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News 24
| 8 months ago
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a bill barring a controversial therapy that aims to reverse homosexuality in minors, the measure's sponsor said on Sunday. Brown's approval made California the first state to ban so-called conversion therapy.
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Laist
| 8 months ago
Governor Jerry Brown announced today that he signed a bill into law ( SB 1172 ) that will crack down on therapies that seek to change a minor's sexual orientation. It will go into effect on January 1 of next year, according to a release from Sen. Ted...
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The Guardian
| 8 months ago
Beck Diefenbach/Reuters California has become the first state in the US to ban controversial "gay cure" therapies from being administered to children and teenagers. Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signed the bill into law on Saturday, according to...
