I strongly object to any attempt by the Board of Social Work to impose a ban on counseling with regard to unwanted same-sex attractions.  An unaccountable and unelected licensing board, seeking to bypass the legislative function of the General Assembly and undercut constitutional liberties, has no authority to limit the federal and commonwealth constitutional free speech rights of counselors, nor the constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children.  See Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925).