"The Supreme Court, with its carefully cultivated conservative majority, has emerged from the shadow docket and is now once again committing its constitutional burglaries in the light of day. The Court is kicking off its formal session with the case of Chiles v. Salazar which seeks to overturn the bans on so-called "conversion therapy," the practice of brainwashing The Gay out of children."
"ADF's petition in the case, Chiles v Salazar, cited several scholars to support its argument that conversion practices should once again be permitted. Two of those experts, however, told the Guardian that ADF had profoundly misrepresented their research, which discussed the psychological damage of conversion therapy. The family of a deceased researcher, also quoted by ADF, said they were deeply disturbed by the distortion of his work."
The Supreme Court, with a conservative majority, is taking up Chiles v. Salazar, which seeks to overturn bans on conversion therapy. The petition was filed by the Alliance Defending Freedom, an organization with past ties to Mike Johnson when it was named the Alliance Defense Fund. ADF cited several scholars to argue for permitting conversion practices, but two experts said ADF profoundly misrepresented research that documented psychological harm from conversion therapy. The family of a deceased researcher expressed deep disturbance at the distortion of his work. Clifford Rosky called the misuse of his scholarship extremely upsetting and dangerous to LGBTQ+ youth.
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