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Liberty Counsel submitted a brief to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on behalf of a fifteen-year-old, previously suicidal teenager caught in a bureaucratic quagmire.

Because of a verbally abusive, absentee father, John Doe developed a dislike of men and boys when he was nine years old. At ten, he began dressing like a girl, expressing feminine mannerisms, and exhibiting obsessive-compulsive traits. During this time, this young man began struggling with thoughts of suicide. At twelve, John began having same-sex attractions. Because those attractions did not align with his religious beliefs, he experienced significant psychological distress, and his thoughts of suicide became virtually a constant. At 13, he first acted on those thoughts and attempted to throw himself off a hotel balcony while on vacation with his parents.

Seeking help from the National Association for the Research and Therapy of Homosexuality, John Doe asked his counselor to help him address the anxiety, distress, and suicidal ideation arising from his sexual attractions. After three years, John Doe has experienced tremendous benefits. Most importantly his conversations with his counselor have helped him eliminate his suicidal thoughts or tendencies.

John wants to continue his therapy and understand the underlying causes and background information of his issues, but because of A3371, John cannot be treated by any mental health professionals in New Jersey. Governor Christie signed A3371 on August 19, 2013, prohibiting licensed mental health counselors in New Jersey from engaging in sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) with minors.

Talk therapy to reduce or eliminate unwanted same-sex attraction is not radical, but telling a child that his feelings do not matter is. If that change is going to help a child overcome suicide, who has the right to deny him?

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Reclaiming a Culture of Innocence

As our nation promotes promiscuity as normal and abortion as a solution, we must arm ourselves with knowledge of how our society has plunged to this moral level. In “Sexual Sabotage,” Dr. Judith Reisman exposes the fraud and abuse surrounding Alfred Kinsey’s so-called studies. During World War II and the decades that followed, Kinsey and his Indiana cohorts sabotaged our nation by entering our libraries and schools as “sex educators,” ridiculing marriage, fidelity, and chastity. Uncovering the treacherous acts of Kinsey and others, Dr. Reisman unveils critical insights as to where our country went wrong and how we can and must repudiate the soul-and-body-destroying sexual anarchy Kinsey gave us in the name of “liberation.” In so doing, she says, we will reclaim the kind of noble moral character for our country - and ourselves  - that is truly liberating.

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