Doug Mastriano says it's "disgusting" to discourage conversion therapy for LGBTQIA+ kids

[Behind the Aegis]

Doug Mastriano, Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, was Thursday's guest on conservative talk radio station 103.7 FM and spent a good portion of his segment talking about conversion therapy for LGBTQIA+ youths.

In response to the news that current Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Wolf, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro are against the practice — which uses different methods to "cure" a person of sexual identities outside of heterosexuality — Mastriano made a passionate case to the contrary.

"This is disgusting to me, where bureaucrats and Tom Wolf — and Josh Shapiro — think it's okay to come in and threaten parents and therapists because their kids might be confused," Mastriano said to radio host Michele Jansen.

On August 16, Governor Wolf signed an executive order to protect the LGBTQIA+ community from state agencies who offer conversion therapy, but no part of that contained any such "threatening" of parents and therapists.

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[Initech]

1. Doug Mastriano is a disgusting piece of shit who should be in jail.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. this explains a lot

Mastriano himself has said that he did not grow up in a "strong Christian family", but was led to embrace religion as a teenager by an "on-fire youth pastor" after being invited to a youth group called "The Way".

[wcmagumba]

3. I attended a state university in KS in the 1980s and down the street

was a former small college campus that had been purchased by "The Way"...what a cult...I delivered pizza there a couple of times and was always invited in and come to our get together tomorrow or something...did not go...they had a terrible reputation an on campus military style training facility and even ran a bar in town where they would entice college students to visit their campus and join up...crazy...

[orthoclad]

5. Did Gym Jordan coach

The Way?
Inquiring minds and all that.

[vercetti2021]

4. Go fuck yourself traitor

Confused? Maybe you were since you think fascism = patriotism

GFY Marstiano

[patphil]

6. I don't think Homosexuality or Bi-sexuality is a lifestyle choice.

I think it's genetic.
Programming won't change the genetics, only put immense stress on the person being programmed.

[andym]

7. Mastriano is trying to refocus the race on cullture war issues where he believes the GOP is strong

and can use prepackaged messaging to appeal to voters who are susceptible. Very transparent.

[IngridsLittleAngel]

8. "Disgusting" is what looks back from Mastriano's mirror

Disgusting piece of Confederate/Nazi treasonous piece of shit who'd rather swear fealty to Hitler and Jefferson Davis than his own country. You know, that's another thing about these shitstains.. They sure love to lecture us about "loving America" while they worship leaders who were/are enemies of this country.

Fuck off, Mastriano. Maybe you need conversion therapy - someone to convert you into a human being instead of a monster.

Meanwhile, who's threatening who? Oh, that's right. Nazis like him are threatening us, while claiming they're being threatened. Fucking Confederate snowflake.