The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and LGBTQ advocates have coalesced around a proposed ban on “conversion therapy” for minors.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Tuesday evening announced that groups involved in the emotional and charged debate have finally agreed on language that would prohibit the discredited practice of trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of young people.
The proposed professional licensing rule for therapists and psychologists is patterned after an earlier bill that was backed by Equality Utah and went unopposed by the LDS Church — although it stalled in the state Legislature in March.