Surrounded by legislators and advocates in his Capitol office, Malloy said, "This is supported by the science. It's supported by our cultural awakening and awareness that we are a society of many different players and very different folks, and we shouldn't try to make everyone just like us. We should recognize that some people are simply not us, but that doesn't make them bad and it certainly doesn't make them mentally ill - and it certainly should not subject them, anyone, to therapies that we know don't work and aren't supported by science.''