The village of Yellow Springs near Dayton in Southwest Ohio passed a resolution condemning the discredited practice of conversion therapy.
The resolution was introduced by Council Member Brian Housh and passed on Monday, Dec. 15, after a resident asked the council to ban practitioners from inflicting conversion therapy on minors within village limits.
Currently, the village does not have the government structure in place to enforce such an ordinance – a law with penalties – but could pass a resolution as an official, symbolic stance on an issue, in this case condemning the harmful practice…