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“Conversion Therapy:” Free Speech versus Science
While advocates of “conversion therapies” claim they can turn gays and lesbians into heterosexuals, the state legislature recently banned them as potentially damaging to minor children. But the law might not go into effect because two federal judges have issued conflicting opinions involving regulatory powers and the 1st amendment.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readWhile advocates of “conversion therapies” claim they can turn gays and lesbians into heterosexuals, the state legislature recently banned them as potentially damaging to minor children. But the law might not go into effect because two federal judges have issued conflicting opinions involving regulatory powers and the 1st amendment.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Brad Dacus
President of the Pacific Justice Institute, a Christian nonprofit legal defense organization that’s representing the three plaintiffs who sued to block SB 1172.
Shannon Minter
Legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, which co-sponsored SB 1172.
Erwin Chemerinsky
constitutional law professor and dean of UC Berkeley School of Law