Conversion Therapy Ban , Stands in Washington State.
On Dec. 11, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge
to the state's ban concerning minors, NPR reports. .
The court's inaction upheld a lower court's
ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. .
The court's inaction upheld a lower court's
ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. .
The law, which went into effect in 2018, grants
Washington the ability to revoke therapists' licenses if
they attempt to alter the sexual orientation of a minor.
Conversion therapy advocate Brian Tingley
challenged the law with the help of the
"anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom," NPR reports. .
Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy
law violates his right to free speech. .
Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy
law violates his right to free speech. .
While the Supreme Court
declined to hear Tingley's challenge, .
Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh
and Clarence Thomas dissented and
would have liked to hear the case. .
Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh
and Clarence Thomas dissented and
would have liked to hear the case. .
Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh
and Clarence Thomas dissented and
would have liked to hear the case. .
Although the court declines to
take this particular case, I have
no doubt that the issue it presents
will come before the court again. , Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent.
When it does, the court should do what
it should have done here... to consider
what the First Amendment requires, Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent