Again it is a fundamentalist / evangelical Christian who wants to force everyone to follow their church doctrines by enshrining them in the civil laws. Their hate seems to drive them far more than Jesus’s love. All studies ahve show that not only does conversion therapy not work it is very harmful to those that experience it. These people don’t care because they want the LGBTQ+ gone, erased from society. When will they learn it is inherent and can’t be changed by outside forces or because a person wants it to? I like to ask people who believe in it if they could be converted to gay or trans and the response is always no that would be crazy. Then why try to convert LGBTQ+ kids / people. Because they see it as a choice and a sin, and nothing on can say will change their minds. Horrible people doing horrible things. Hugs
Ohio Bill Would Overturn Local Ex-Gay Torture Bans
February 13, 2026
The Ohio Capital Journal reports:
Ohio Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation that would punish state agencies and local governments for being too supportive of LGBTQ+ youth. Among a slew of provisions, conversion therapy would be reinstated where it has been banned, teachers may be prevented from using a student’s preferred pronouns, and parents wouldn’t be able to lose custody due to refusing to support their child’s gender identity.
“State institutions, government institutions cannot promote that woke ideology,” state Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, said in an interview Tuesday. Click believes government agencies have been overly affirming of LGBTQ+ children, which he claims has hurt parents. “It is not conversion therapy to help children discover their identity and who they are biologically,” Click said. Click has focused significant time in the legislature targeting LGBTQ+ people.
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Click, a former pastor, last appeared here in December 2025 when he introduced the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act,” which would mandate teaching public school students about “the positive influence of Christianity on American culture.”
He first appeared here in 2018 when he led the invocation at Trump rally by asking Jesus to protect Trump from “wicked jungle journalism.”
In 2023, Click appeared here when he convened a hearing against transgender rights during which his invited guest testified that non-Christian lawmakers are “possessed by demons.”
Click is a regular on Tony Perkins’ podcast.
