Several hundred people showed up on Beacon Hill on Wednesday to lobby Massachusetts state legislators to vote against a conversion therapy ban, a bill that would remove remaining restrictions on abortion, and a bill that would require all public school districts to teach so-called "comprehensive" sex education if they teach sex education at all.
Organizers from the Massachusetts Family Institute estimated the crowd at 500. They posted video of several pre-lobbying presentations from a gathering at Park Street Congregational Church at the foot of Beacon Hill on the Massachusetts Family Institute's Facebook page.
The Massachusetts Family Institute is planning to hold a rally outside the governor's office at the State House on Wednesday in opposition to a proposed ban on conversion therapy.
The rally, scheduled for 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20, is aimed primarily at Governor Charlie Baker, who has said he is inclined to sign a ban bill, which would make it illegal for therapists to offer techniques to children 17 and younger to try to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.
