In actuality, Larry, no one has said that anyone who wants counseling should be denied it.

What has been said is that those of same-sex orientation who do not want counseling should not be forced or intimidated into undergoing treatment.

I am personally acquainted with a middle-aged woman, who was (IS) a lesbian who, when she was younger, was forced by her family, and their church, to undergo "therapy," namely, aversion therapy, to "cure" her lesbianism. This woman became a psychological basket case.

But she IS celibate, and that's all her family apparently cares about.

Don Firth