Judge Slams Ex-Gay Conversion Therapy As A Bunch Of B.S.
Advocates for conversion therapy just had their asses handed to them by a local judge in New Jersey.
Judge Peter Bariso Jr. of the Hudson County Superior Court ruled this week that likening homosexuality to a “mental illness, disease, disorder, or equivalent thereof” and suggesting it’s curable is fraud.
The ruling came after the Southern Poverty Law Center sued the hate group, Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), for violating the state’s Consumer Fraud Act when it advertised services that could change a person’s sexuality.
According to Slate, the services JONAH offered required patients to pay $100 to strip down in front of “therapist” Alan Downing, then fondle their penises and butts while he watched. Doing this, Downing told patients, would help them turn straight. (This is me rolling my eyes from Owerri to Ouagadougou)
But Judge Bariso wasn’t having any of it. This week, he ruled that “the general consensus in the mental health field is that homosexuality is not a mental disorder, but is instead a normal variation of human sexuality.” He also called out JONAH on its bogus “success statistics,” telling the group “there is no factual basis for calculating such statistics.”
David Dinielli, Southern Poverty Law Center’s deputy legal director, called the ruling “monumental and devastating to the conversion therapy industry.”
“For the first time, a court has ruled that it is fraudulent as a matter of law for conversion therapists to tell clients that they have a mental disorder that can be cured,” he said. “This is the principal lie the conversion therapy industry uses throughout the country to peddle its quackery to vulnerable clients.”
“Gay people don’t need to be cured,” Dinielli added, “and we are thrilled that the court has recognized this.”
Yes o, gay people do not also need to be taken to TB Joshua and thrown into a swimming pool of women to turn them straight.
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24 Comments
Max
February 17, 04:36The therapist is a pervert. Got what he deserves
Pete
February 17, 05:30He also called out JONAH on its bogus “success statistics,” telling the group “there is no factual basis for calculating such statistics.”
Anybody think another group of people need this?
Dennis Macaulay
February 17, 08:02Christians!
Pete
February 17, 08:34DM,are you down for afternoon tea?
Dennis Macaulay
February 17, 09:12Sweetheart Chamomile?
Ace
February 17, 06:26Fiddling with their penises? Hope he was saying #NoHomo while at it cos that is the gayest shit I have ever heard in the history of conversion therapies.
Colossus
February 17, 07:15“According to Slate, the services JONAH offered required patients to pay $100 to strip down in front of “therapist” Alan Downing, then fondle their penises and butts while he watched. Doing this, Downing told patients, would help them turn straight.”
That right there is the punch line of this piece. That right there is my morning humor.
chestnut
February 17, 07:30No NO NO! The therapist got it all wrong: when u’re curing gay men,u don’t just “watch” while they strip and fondle their dicks and butts; u roll up ur sleeves and get in there…YOU(the therapist) do d fondling yourself, that way u transfer the essence of ur “straightness” into the gay guys’ cocks and cakes FOREVER..this is standard conversion procedure,no?I thought everybody knew this already…*bewildered at the ineptitude*
tobby
February 17, 09:06lmao..
I’m still struggling to figure out how this therapy session works though
pinkpanthertb
February 17, 12:46Hahahahahahahaa chestnut where did you get your doctorate degree?
Max
February 17, 13:28Conversion university Alabama.. @PP
pinkpanthertb
February 17, 14:44Lmao. Oh Max
Dennis Macaulay
February 17, 08:03Maybe I should become a therapist then and there wont be any need for a porn hub subscription!
#LiveViewing
Colossus
February 17, 08:17Let’s talk about how you have a porn hub subscription. #therapistmode
Dennis Macaulay
February 17, 09:18That’s what I am saying na! Rather than paying for a porn hub subscription, I’d just become a therapist!
pinkpanthertb
February 17, 12:49Well we need to find out if JONAH is hiring
tobby
February 17, 08:18Wait, is it a man that gets to fondle with their penises to turn them straight?
pinkpanthertb
February 17, 13:01Lol. The conversion treatment puzzles you, yes?
trystham
February 17, 08:49Na wah o!!! Pay a 100 dollars do someone else does your wanking for u??? Biko, sign me up. I can still do a lil handjob
trystham
February 17, 08:51*while
#TeamKizito
February 17, 09:18Hmm.
“Hello, Secretary, please cancel my appointment with Prophet TB; the anointed man of God. There’s been a change in plans.”
Gad
February 17, 10:50Oh no! Judge why? These times when people are encouraged to be innovative by creating alternative means of income to reduce the rate of unemployment you are declaring the innovation of some crooks sorry business men as illegal and fraudulent. God is watching.
Dennis Macaulay
February 17, 11:21On High definition
pinkpanthertb
February 17, 12:56Hahahahahahahahahaaa!!! Gad, this your sarcasm ehn