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Kelly McClure

Mastriano grips on to conversion therapy

Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks during a campaign rally at The Fuge on May 14, 2022 in Warminster, Pennsylvania. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Doug Mastriano, Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, was Thursday's guest on conservative talk radio station 103.7 FM and spent a good portion of his segment talking about conversion therapy for LGBTQIA+ youths. 

In response to the news that current Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Wolf, and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro are against the practice — which uses different methods to "cure" a person of sexual identities outside of heterosexuality — Mastriano made a passionate case to the contrary.

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