The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors, a practice deemed harmful by medical experts. Licensed counselor Kaley Chiles argues the 2019 law infringes her First Amendment rights. The far-right group, Alliance Defending Freedom, represents her in the case. The Human Rights Campaign views this decision as a dangerous step that could endanger LGBTQ+ protections, asserting that conversion therapy is a harmful practice with no place in society, and part of a broader far-right agenda to undermine LGBTQ+ rights.
The Supreme Court's decision to take up this case isn't just about so-called 'conversion therapy' - it's about whether extremists can use our courts to push their dangerous agenda in an effort to erase LGBTQ+ people and gut protections that keep our kids safe.
There's no debate: so-called 'conversion therapy' is a dangerous practice, not therapy, and it has no place in our communities. These bans exist to protect LGBTQ+ children from harm - period.
The International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims has categorized conversion therapy as a form of torture that LGBTQ+ people are uniquely in danger of.
Robinson warned that the attack on LGBTQ+ protections is part of a broader strategy by far-right activists.
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