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angrychair

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17. Sweet, I'll set up shop tomorrow

Tue Mar 31, 2026, 12:50 PM

Mar 31

Medical quackery is now legal. I'll just talk about how my book cures cancer and it's perfectly legal now.

Now legal just to claim anything you want and it's perfectly legal and fine.

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Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on 'conversion therapy' for LGBTQ+ kids [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 31 OP

Obergefell is in danger Prairie Gates Mar 31 #1

I doubt Obergefell makes it through next year's docket JT45242 Mar 31 #11

I don't know that there's a live case coming through the courts that would challenge Obergefell Prairie Gates Mar 31 #15

Not any time soon FBaggins Mar 31 #29

There were actually two reasons for my timeframe in my post Prairie Gates Mar 31 #30

Conversion therapy is torture LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #2

I could accept this, though not like it, if this principle were being applied anything like equally dsc Mar 31 #3

Yikes! Kagan and Sotomayor concurring with the conservatives Jose Garcia Mar 31 #4

This is an excerpt from the Kagan & Sotomayor concurring opinion. Justice Kagan authored it & Justice Sotomayor joined. 24601 Mar 31 #6

Disappointing. Conversion therapy is harmful quackery. SunSeeker Mar 31 #9

They actually cover that in the opinion Shrek Mar 31 #12

Yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater is "only speech" as well, but it is regulated. SunSeeker Mar 31 #16

Sure, but yelling in a crowded theatre isn't speech based on viewpoint Shrek Mar 31 #23

Asserting there is a fire is definitely a viewpoint. SunSeeker Wednesday #34

Or they just voted for what they thought was right Polybius Mar 31 #24

The weird christo-fascist sleep-away camps wolfie001 Mar 31 #5

They charge a lot of money for those camps. dickthegrouch Mar 31 #19

No protections from mental abuse by religious fanatics. maxsolomon Mar 31 #7

"We condone child abuse," says Supreme Court sakabatou Mar 31 #8

WTF? It is not a Free Speech question. It is a medical, sociological, and ethical question. Martin68 Mar 31 #10

Apparently that's how it works, according to the opinion Shrek Mar 31 #14

That is impossible angrychair Mar 31 #20

If that is what the decision is based on, then it does seem reasonable to me. As long as advice is freely requested and Martin68 Mar 31 #22

Many of the people undergoing conversion therapy are minors forced by their bigoted Christian parents. Lonestarblue Mar 31 #26

I agree entirely. My point is if the subject request advice, that is legit. Does the court finding allow parents to Martin68 Mar 31 #31

Abuse because of a child's gender identity or sexual orientation certainly isn't a domain exclusive to Christianity. 24601 Mar 31 #32

The court opened the door to any and all quack Klarkashton Mar 31 #13

Sweet, I'll set up shop tomorrow angrychair Mar 31 #17

So it'll be okay for us to develop a conversion therapy program... WestMichRad Mar 31 #18

MAGAt conversion therapy. AWESOME! Dr. T Mar 31 #25

Lots of other instances where the government is restricting speech. dickthegrouch Mar 31 #21

Deadline Legal Blog-Supreme Court sides with Christian counselor over Colorado on 'conversion therapy' for minors LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #27

Deadline Legal Blog-Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson steps out alone, again - this time on 'conversion therapy' LetMyPeopleVote Mar 31 #28

If you would, expand a bit on the risks Shrek Wednesday #35

Desperation. The clock is ticking. The Grand Illuminist Wednesday #33

Conversion Exploitation. Nothing therapy about it. Scott Alan Swaggerty Wednesday #36

Arguments in favor of 'conversion therapy' may be free speech, but the 'therapy' itself is not. Aristus Wednesday #37