Conversion Therapy: Gay Rights or Public Health?

This week President Barack Obama released a statement condemning the practice of reparative, or conversion therapy designed to “treat” gay, lesbian and transgender youth.  According to Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, president of Clal and co-founder and executive editor of TheWisdomDaily.com, this is not a gay rights issue, but “a public  health issue, and very much in the domain of the President and the federal government.”