Time to close the door to conversion therapy

"We know in this country where religion is concerned what can flow from ignoring what is happening in dark places"

Alan Edge (right) pictured with Minister Roderic O'Gorman (center).

Alan Edge, a South Dublin independent councillor, is also the campaign officer for the Ban Conversion Practices Campaign that seeks to outlaw so-called conversion therapy that attempts to deny an individual's sexual identity or gender identity.  

Edge says that historically and looking at international comparisons, there are two main types of conversion practices. (The physical intervention of Electric Shock Therapy was also used here.)