Have I mentioned how glad I am to live in COlorado, where the religious rightwingnuts don’t dominate our laws?

Yup, ‘conversion therapy’ espoused by the truly ignorant among us, will be outlawed in the state and banished to the Bible Belt Red States, where Dotard’s Disciples live without the benefits of a modern education and ‘common sense’.

“These terrible practices that target our youth, simply for being who they are, are dangerous and immoral,” Hancock said in a statement. “We’re going to make sure that they never happen within our city.”

In conversion therapy, counseling and psychotherapy is used in an attempt to change a person’s sexual orientation.

The American Psychiatric Association opposes the practice, saying same-sex orientation does not need to be changed and that efforts to do so risk harming individuals.

The practice of conversion therapy can affect youths’ mental health, including leading to higher risks of anxiety, depression and suicide attempts, said Daniel Ramos, executive director of One Colorado.