Wisconsin Republicans Repeal Ban On Ex-Gay Torture

The Associated Press reports:

The state’s Marriage and Family Therapy, Professional Counseling, and Social Work Examining Board barred conversion therapy in December. A month later, the Legislature’s Republican-controlled rules committee voted to temporarily suspend the ban.

Republicans brought a bill to the Assembly floor Tuesday that would prohibit the board from enacting any future conversion therapy bans.

The GOP opted not to vote on the bill out of concerns Democratic Gov. Tony Evers would veto it. The chamber instead voted 61-35 to place the bill in committee, ensuring that the rules committee’s decision to allow conversion therapy will stand until the current legislative session ends in 2024.

Read the full article. More than a dozen Wisconsin municipalities, including the state capital, have local bans on ex-gay torture. It’s not clear how yesterday’s move may affect those bans.