The Huffington Post reports:
Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, says it’s “disgusting” that the state is directing its agencies to discourage the scientifically discredited practice of “conversion therapy.”
On Thursday, Mastriano appeared on 103.7 FM, a conservative talk radio station in the southern tier of the state. “This is disgusting to me, where bureaucrats and Tom Wolf — and Josh Shapiro — thinks it’s okay to come in and threaten parents and therapists because their kids might be confused,” he told Jansen.
He went on to blame this supposed confusion on educators, contending that schools “have graphic pornographic books laid out.”
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Mastriano, who organized buses for the attack on the Capitol, has previously said that gays should not be allowed to marry or adopt children.
Yesterday Reuters uncovered a photo of Mastriano wearing a Confederate uniform.
“Though conversion therapy has been rejected by every major organization in the mental health field, [Doug] Mastriano appeared to not only defend the practice but also double down on the idea that LGBTQ children are simply ‘confused.’” https://t.co/aeCR5D0rb9
— Eric Hananoki (@ehananoki) August 26, 2022