As a Baptist minister in Virginia, many would expect me to support the so-called “conversation therapy,” but I do not. This practice, almost always religiously rooted, is contrary with the findings of the vast majority of experts. What we know about human wellness and flourishing simply does not allow for this pseudo-science.

Furthermore (and for what it is worth), conversion therapy is based upon a toxic theology, the spiritual abuse of which remains embedded in the a growing body of victims and survivors. Conversion therapy is dangerous and should find no support within the Virginia Board of Medicine.