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Supreme Court Declines Case Contesting Ban on Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’

By DAVID S. JOACHIMJUNE 30, 2014  thernewyorktimes

The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a California law that bans “conversion therapy” aimed at changing the sexual orientation of gay and lesbian minors.

The court, in rejecting the case, effectively let stand a federal appeals court ruling issued last August that said that the state’s ban on the practice did not violate the free speech rights of counselors or people seeking treatment. The appeals court had said that the state had an interest in banning professional treatments it considered harmful. Read more...

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