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Threshold of 100,000 signatures in one months time. tonight they got their response. the white house tonight said president obama will in fact call for an end to so-called conversion therapy or reparative therapy. "the new york times" reporting tonight that the president will not call for an explicit federal ban but he will say that he is open to conversations with lawmakers in both parties about how to deal with this issue and stop this kind of therapy. end quote. the therapy. quotes around the...

That can be cured. especially because i was so young and inexperienced sexually, this was the opportunity to do it now. and my father thought, you know trusting his advice and this is really just something in my head, it was worth a shot. and my fears as a 16-year-old that i wanted my fathers approval. and the fact that there was a university professor saying listen, you dont have to come out. theres other options. and that also meant, i dont have to come out to my peers in high school. thats so...

Had asked for that they requested that that they get the truth and they got the truth and therefore at the same time while we had many conversations with the police department and had many police forms here in north charleston. at the top of the chain weve had the trickle-down effect. weve had discussion meeting with the police chief. but that information is likely and slowly does not get down to the bottom level at the street level where people are being stopped, harassed searched. without prof...

Responses coming. pulse.msnbc.com. >> all right, frances. big takeaway there. 84% say it should be banned. thank you so much. joining us now by phone is valerie jarrett, senior white house adviser to president obama. great to have you with me. i know that this is something that youve been very up front about because weve been seeing your tweet, weve been reading your blog posts for the advocate. its in your statement about the presidents support to end conversion therapy that you cite there are ...

Conversion therapy that doesnt take place by a state licensed professional. we have unlicensed counselors and church basements and a lot is public education which the presidents statement took a huge step forward in. whats that going to reach is reach parents who are the primary target of what is frankly an industry. most parents dont put their kids through conversion therapy because they hate them. they put them through it because they love them and they are scared for their well-being and what...

Petition up calling for leelas law. ban convert therapy. theres almost 200,000 signatures. it seems weve come so far with laws protecting gay people. can we say the same about those who are transgender? >> not necessarily. we still have the conversations around the conversion therapy and trying to fix transgender people. these are the conversations we were having about gay and lesbians 15 years ago. theres nothing wrong with us. what is wrong is using a sense of religious to fuel fear and hatred...

>> the issue is one that needs to be decided state by state. these social issues like that. >> lets talk about your state. your republican party in texas just adopted conversion therapy as part of their political platform. now, conversion therapy is when you -- theres a belief that you can, through therapy, cure people of being homosexual. now, thats been rejected by the medical community for almost four decades. thats being decided by texas. youre the governor of texas, youre the leader of the ...

Of all time? when did young rock fans get so prudish and establishment? good news, all this has helped plug hatfields new show "the hunt." im one fan who hopes he kills it. see what i did there? >> as a hunter, im willie nelson and lyle lovett. my outrage comes from my beloved lone star state. the republican party of texas voted to include support for conversion therapy in their state party platform. the idea is this, being gay is somehow bad, so through counseling and some believe prayer, gay p...

>> thank you, rachel. thanks for having me. >> ive got to ask your, let me ask you, if anything about having been there as a gay cadet strikes you wrong? if any of that doesnt resonate with you in terms of your experience. and also your reaction to this news about the counseling program. >> well, i think youre very accurate in painting what is really a decades-long history. and the academy has been working very hard, particularly in the last five to six years, to really overcome this culture tha...

Last five to six years, to really overcome this culture thats really developed at the academy, thats very much influenced by the community thats around them. my reaction to the news this week was one of being horrified. you know, i experience conversion therapy several times in my time in the air force, but as cadet, i was referred through the new life church and then to a repairtive therapy program in colorado springs, which i secretly participated in. this was pre-dont ask, dont tell, keep in ...