Teen urges Gov. Christie to ban gay-conversion therapy for minors
(MCT) — TRENTON, N.J. — A New Jersey teenager who told his high school classmates, and then 1.7 million YouTube viewers, that he would stop “acting the part of straight” is hoping to translate Internet fame into support for a proposed state law that seeks to protect gay kids.
Jacob Rudolph, 18, of Parsippany, wrote an online petition urging Gov. Chris Christie to back a bill outlawing “conversion therapy” for minors, a treatment that attempts to turn gay people straight.
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