Letters to the Editor: If we tell therapists what they can or can’t say, what’s next?

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To the editor : Robin Abcarian writes a heartfelt column about why therapists should not be allowed to tell gay kids God wants them to be straight, but she gives her game away ( “Should therapists be allowed to tell gay kids God wants them to be straight?,” Oct. 12). She says “proponents of the bans say there is a big difference between speech and conduct,” and that a therapist’s attempt to change the minor’s sexual orientation amounts to conduct.

Excuse me, but that is the kind of speech protected by the 1st Amendment, speech which is intended to try to persuade people to a course of action. The story of Ryan Robertson is unbearably tragic, but it starts with a mother who coul