Ohio City Becomes State’s 13th To Ban Ex-Gay Torture

Columbus’s NBC affiliate reports:

Westerville voted on Tuesday to become the 13th city in Ohio to ban anti-LGBTQ+ practices known as “conversion therapy” that falsely claim to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Westerville City Council passed the ordinance 5-2 to prohibit healthcare professionals in the city from engaging in conversion therapy with minors.

While one speaker argued the measure would infringe on parental rights, all other residents who spoke during the meeting championed the ordinance and said it is needed given several bills passed the Statehouse last year that opponents deem “anti-LGBTQ+.”

Read the full article. Westerville is in central Ohio and has a population of 40,000. Ohio is not among the 27 states with statewide bans on ex-gay torture either by legislative action or by executive order of the governor. Yesterday the Liberty Counsel issued yet another money beg, vowing to take the issue to the Supreme Court and overturn every ban in the country.