No, Colorado Case Was Not About Conversion Therapy

Source: RealClearPolitics - Homepage · Bias: Center Right

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Headlines for the past few weeks have capitalized on the cruel connotations surrounding conversion therapy, proclaiming that the United States Supreme Court struck down "a conversion therapy ban." The problem is that the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision that included Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, told Colorado something that needed to be said: Your law was never actually about that.

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No, Colorado Case Was Not About Conversion Therapy
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No, Colorado Case Was Not About Conversion Therapy

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Headlines for the past few weeks have capitalized on the cruel connotations surrounding conversion therapy, proclaiming that the United States Supreme Court struck down "a conversion therapy ban." The problem is that the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 decision that included Justices Kagan and Sotomayor, told Colorado something that needed to be said: Your law was never actually about that.