Conversion Therapy
Clip: Season 4 | 3m 10s
A house panel approves a bill protecting conversion therapy for same-sex attraction.
An Oklahoma House committee has approved a bill by Rep. Sally Kern to protect the use of “conversion therapy” for same-sex attraction. Kern says the bill is needed to protect parental rights in the face of efforts in other states to ban the controversial practice. Opponents say the measure is unnecessary, and argue conversion therapy is harmful to children.
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Conversion Therapy
Clip: Season 4 | 3m 10s
An Oklahoma House committee has approved a bill by Rep. Sally Kern to protect the use of “conversion therapy” for same-sex attraction. Kern says the bill is needed to protect parental rights in the face of efforts in other states to ban the controversial practice. Opponents say the measure is unnecessary, and argue conversion therapy is harmful to children.
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This Week in Business: February 20, 2015
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Clip: S4 Ep447 | 6m 31s | Budget cuts hit another infrastructure agency hard (6m 31s)
Clip: S4 Ep446 | 2m 28s | Journal Record Editor Adam Brooks discusses flood control dams this week in business. (2m 28s)
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