New Jersey may soon follow in California’s footsteps, as a state Senate committee today heard testimony on whether to ban anti-gay “reparative therapy” for minors. California adopted such a ban last year. 

Those who want the bill include people who say they went through therapies that included electric shocks and telling them that they are “abominations.”

They also point to professional groups who say the attempts to convert people are harmful.

But people speaking for some conservative groups say the law should not tell parents what’s appropriate for their children.

Let’s get this harmful practice abolished once and for all.