Breaking: Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy for LGBT Minors

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck down a Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" for minors, ruling in a 8-1 decision that the law violates the First Amendment free speech rights of licensed counselors. 

The Court's majority found that the law favors one viewpoint by allowing counselors to affirm a client's gender identity or sexual orientation, but preventing counselors from helping clients change their identity or orientation if they want to.

"Colorado may regard its policy as essential to public health and safety," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote on behalf of the majority. "But the First Amendment stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country.

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy for LGBT Minors

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