u/PerpetualJerkSession

I watched this debate a couple weeks ago and I still can’t get over this. The Wisconsin Supreme Court allowed for a statewide ban on conversion therapy in July of 2025, but now the US Supreme Court and local conservative groups are declaring this ban unconstitutional. When the moderator of this town hall shares this information and asks how Rebecca Cooke would protect her LGBT constituents, Cooke says … that she would actually prefer if this was determined on a city-by-city basis? Why on earth would someone running as a democrat – someone who claims to care about her LGBT friends and neighbors, someone who presumably wants LGBT Wisconsinites and their allies to vote for her – not support a statewide ban on conversion therapy? Are we really supposed to hope that every town in Wisconsin bans conversion therapy of their own volition, and that conservatives allow for those hundreds of local bans to stick? I’m absolutely sick to my stomach thinking about how little value Rebecca Cooke is placing on the health and well-being of gay and trans people in this state.

LGBT people across Wisconsin deserve to be treated with dignity; that means ensuring that every state-licensed mental health professional is using science-supported methods to improve our lives, not destroy them.

Link to full video

Don't be fooled by the framing of this statement. Yes, the Iron Dome provides protection. It provides protection from retaliation for the human rights atrocities and war crimes Israel commits in the region. The Iron Dome is the shield that emboldens the Netanyahu government.

Funding the Iron Dome is not just complacency, but participation in a genocide.

The full forum can be found here, with the Israel discussion starting at roughly 01:03:00

https://youtu.be/eWnBlgoDkS4