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yankee87

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Tue Mar 31, 2026, 11:02 AM Mar 31

US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy [View all]

US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy. The justices, in a 8-1 ruling, reversed a lower court's decision that had upheld the law in a case brought by Kaley Chiles, who argued that it violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of free speech.

The ruling, authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, rejected Colorado's argument that its law regulated professional conduct, not protected speech. The court held open the possibility that the law could apply to certain forms of conversion therapy, including so-called "aversive" physical interventions, but not to Chiles' speech at issue here.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-supreme-court-rejects-colorado-s-ban-on-lgbt-conversion-talk-therapy/ar-AA1ZPFFD?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=69cbe0096382417ea65d6ce25ec37a47&ei=37

SCOTUS is okay regulating women's bodies, transgender people, but still want to make life worse for our transgender youth. We need to expand the Court also.
I HATE SCOTUS.

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Its junk science, all of it. Johonny Mar 31 #1
Suicide the final outcome? yankee87 Mar 31 #3
We need to fire all of Rupert Murdoch's clowns at every level. Initech Mar 31 #2
Weird ruling. Free speech behind a closed door medical treatment. bucolic_frolic Mar 31 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author Sympthsical Mar 31 #5
Was hate speech ever illegal? pcdb Mar 31 #12
There is not a "hate speech" exception to the First Amendment. tritsofme Apr 1 #28
It was pretty clear cut in this instance Sympthsical Mar 31 #6
The law protects abhorrent speech too EdmondDantes_ Mar 31 #7
Except they clearly don't believe that dsc Mar 31 #8
Perfect answer yankee87 Mar 31 #10
Sotomayor and Kagan didn't cocur with that decision Jose Garcia Mar 31 #13
No they didn't but Alito, Thomas, and Roberts surely did dsc Mar 31 #14
But they both did concur with the cons in this case. Celerity Mar 31 #15
Disagree yankee87 Mar 31 #11
There are a lot of terrible therapists in this world Sympthsical Mar 31 #19
Kagan touched on this in her concurrence Shrek Apr 1 #27
Therapy itself is questionable gulliver Mar 31 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Mar 31 #17
I've no doubt you've met more than your share n/t Torchlight Mar 31 #23
Questionable at its best. Cerulean Southpaw Mar 31 #18
There are good and bad therapists Sympthsical Mar 31 #20
Your point about the importance of social support... gulliver Mar 31 #24
Absolutely. Those are the bad ones. Sympthsical Apr 1 #26
In every profession there are the good and bad luv2fly Mar 31 #25
I Wonder if this will Pave the Way... NEOH Mar 31 #16
Sad, but true yankee87 Mar 31 #21
Deadline Legal Blog-Supreme Court sides with Christian counselor over Colorado on 'conversion therapy' for minors LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #22
I am EXTREMELY disappointed that Justices Kagan and Sotomayor went along with this . . . markpkessinger Apr 1 #29
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