american psychological association says such treatments involve right after this skpk are likely to be unsuccessful. >> and this is not just that people are wasting time and money. these therapies are dangerous. >> this is extreme piece of legislation. >> american justice institute point to the thousands from a group called exodus international whose members now live heterosexual lives, many with spouses and kids because of the therapy. >> and to deny anyone in a free society the opportunity to have that counseling is an outrageous violation of not just the constitution but human rights and basic humanity. >> peter drake thinks a ban is best for kids. >> when i think about kids being told that they should go through this kind of therapy and that it will fix them, and they're wrong in the first place is horrific. >> some believe sit so raw that it would prevent counseling in general. in sacramento abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> several san jose city council members are calling on the mayor to support same-sex marriage and this calls for holding a vote next week putting both san jose and t

from a very technical standpoint, we work under the american psychological association and the society of industrial psychology principles for validating and they address the principles for designing and constructing and there are of right of other court cases and what have you but the next slide, what i try to do is boil down all of these rules and regulations and principles into these points here. in merit system testing, we are focusing on testing and what does this mean? we need to look at the qualifications of applicants and they needed to be related to what is required to do the job. how do we know it is required to do the job? we do a job analysis. this is a generic term for the process of critical examination of the components of a job and the interrelationships or the elements of those components and what is required for measurement. so, the test content must be job-related. it must represent the job. you cannot to single out one component of the job and focus on that. you should try to cover as much as you can about the job in your selection instrument. what you are testing m

can be changed but marcus bachmann apparently langford is unaware that the american medical association the american psychological association and countless other accredited groups concluded that being gay is not a choice members of the community have just as much of a right to a respectful workplace as anyone else and representative langford needs to realize that and the very very ugly john derbyshire derby shire is the former national review contributor who was fired last month for publishing a racist article well he didn't learn his lesson in a column for a white nationalist website derbyshire phrase white supremacy and its contributions to the world he said were it's a promo see innocence of a society which key decisions are made by white europeans as one of a better arrangement history has come up with. i don't even want to continue with john derbyshire very very strong support for. what our founding fathers revolted against the king of england more than two centuries ago for the first time in two thousand years laws were written and passed by a process called democracy no longer did absolute monarchs alone

the american psychological association had a report that came out in 2 09 no scientific base this is a any of these treatments work. >> is legislation the right answer? do you believe it is in california? >> i believe that legislation is appropriate in this instance. what is at stake here are lives. especially kids' lives. i think it is irresponsible for organizations to offer this therapy when it is not supported by science, when there is anecdotal evidence of harm, when we know that changing someone's sexual orientation is not an appropriate goal. recently president obama came out in support of marriage. that's because society increasingly realizes that lgpt, people gay like myself, are are just like anyone else and pretty soon we'll realize that means we treat them equally, we don't try to make them who they're not because it is not possible and we give them equal rights. >> do you think there should be legislation? >> i've been speaking with my colleagues in california, psychologists and psychiatrists, there is concern about the wording of the particular hslisneoo r nit d the pop

that the process is job related and from a very technical standpoint we work on the american psychological association and the society industrial organizational psychology principles for validating examinations they address principles for designing constructing administering and scoring examinations so there are a variety of other court cases and what have you brought in the next. slide what i tried to do is basically boil down all these rules and regulations and principals into. these points here. in merit system testing we're focusing on merit and fitness and what does that mean we need to look at. that applicants in these qualifications need to be related to what's required to do the job so how do we know it's required to do the job we do a job analysis and a job analysis is a generic term for the process of critical examination of the components of a job and the interrelationships of the elements of those components and what's required for measurement so the test content must be job related it actually must be representative of the job you can't just single out one little component of a job and fo

and the american psychological association says treatment is risky and unlikely to succeed. >> this is not just people wasting their time and money is that they're dangerous and. >> i only became more depressed. >> some say the therapy is legitimate. and others say the law could intrude on other kinds of counseling. >> students in tiburon walked more than just a few steps in the shoes of africa today. sixth graders embarked on a four mile walk, reyite yaiting the trick that students in their sister school must make each day just to get drinking water. >> most have to walk four miles. >> well being built on the school grounds. so they no longer have to walk to get water and time could be spend in school, studying. >> had isn't the first time they've helped people in after rick yachl they sent a solar cooker to a hospital. >> what a great thing. >> good for the kids. >> awesome. >> tonight the search for sierra lamar. yoo y.volunteers from around the state are more dedicated than ever to finding her. >> a major breech of security at the san diego airport. turns out it was a bay area man

. >> the american psychological association said there is no scientific evidence that says gay conversionlpful. if anything it's negative and leads to teen suicide and destructive. however a family therapist is fighting hard to say that there is no ban on gay conversion therapy. he said he went through the therapy and it worked for him. >> i will admit there is quackery out there, but repertive therapy, which is what i do authentic repertive therapy is based on science, research and it works. the government knows how to raise your child better than you do. >> so cenk, what do you think about this? >> i love our gay, gay, go away. because it remind me of what they will do in commercials ♪ gay, gay ♪ go away ♪ conversion therapy is the most asinine thing i've ever heard. imagine we live on a planet where they convert straight people because it's immoral. don't be into chicks. no no, no come on. >> you're right. it's much more destructive than that. they've used electroshock therapy and hideous processes that basically make these people straight. as i mentioned it leads to teen suicide and l