Time to resign
I was glad to see Assemblywoman Shannon Bilbray-Axelrod, D-Las Vegas, resign her post with the Saudi Arabian sympathy group. But she really needs to step down from her seat in our Assembly. If her concerns are for her constituents then her sympathy for a government that protects terrorists is un-American, at best.
In addition perhaps U.S. Rep. Dina Titus and our recently elected Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto should consider doing the same from their positions. Both have recently spoken out and taken actions against the president’s clearly legal travel ban proposals, designed to protect the American people — including Nevadans — from danger.
Las Vegas has long been identified as a location that terrorists would target. Having representatives in government who don’t value the safety of their residents as much as they do some political agenda concerns me. Had their views been known prior to their election, I doubt they’d be holding office today,
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Trust me, there is no pay; only an intense yearning for justice, decency, anticorruption and true respect for women.
Much like the new guy’s Cabinet, the pages of the Review-Journal seem to spew venom and hate on a daily basis. Vilian’s Lab at UCLA finds that “chemical modifications to the human genome (hormone wash) that alter genetic activity (methylation) without changing the DNA sequence, may have a major influence on sexual orientation.”
According to The American Psychiatric Association, however, post-traumatic stress disorder is a very difficult manifestation for a person to experience. As a psychotherapist, I have treated scores of LGBT persons who are in posttraumatic stress due to reparative therapy; some in a condition as bad as battlefield soldiers. In two cases, I was called upon to facilitate the aftermath and grief related to youth suicide as connected to the experience.
Mr. Joecks insinuates that Senate Bill 201 would inhibit “processing” of one’s sexual orientation or gender and that’s not the case. It would, however, stop the psychotherapist with an agenda who is hell-bent on changing sexual orientation. Such perpetrators become part of the induction of guilt, shame and identity impairment by telling young people that who they are is “not right,” leading to a sense of futility when “change” is not a possibility. It can truly be a message with a covert undertone says simply “Don’t be,” and lead directly to suicide.
In my opinion, reparative therapy is an act reflecting hate. SB 201 reflects an effort to create a society of love and compassion.