The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.

An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argues the law banning talk therapy violates the First Amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass.

Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the court, said the law “censors speech based on viewpoint.” The First Amendment, he wrote, “stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.”

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    15 hours ago

    So, telling someone they aren’t who/what they think they are is ok? Not just telling them but pushing a program of persuasion to change their mind.

    They’re going to overturn hate speech laws next. And all advertising restrictions.

    Someone needs to start a trans conversion therapy program that tries to make people trans. See how fast that gets banned.

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      13 hours ago

      Right? The gymnastics to support conversion therapy on one hand and on the other claim books in the library are making people gay is absurd.