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Posted on 10/07/2025 1:19:30 PM PDT by CFW
The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to side with a Christian counselor who brought a First Amendment challenge to Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy.”
Several justices seemed concerned that Colorado’s law was “viewpoint discrimination” against counselors like the petitioner, Kaley Chiles, who aims to help minors feel comfortable in their body rather than agreeing with their gender dysphoria.
Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law (MCTL), passed in 2019, defines “conversion therapy” as efforts to “change an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity,” including behaviors, gender expressions and romantic attractions. Nearly half of all U.S. states have similar bans on “conversion therapy.”
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Colorado claims “conversion therapy” is “unsafe and ineffective.” Department of Justice Principal Deputy Solicitor General Hashim Mooppan emphasized that there is “no evidence” for Colorado’s claim.
“This is an easy case because there is no conduct,” Mooppan said. “All that is happening here is speech.”
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Tomorrow is oral argument in Bost v. Illinois
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, No. 24-568 [Arg: 10.08.2025 ]
Issue(s): Whether petitioners, as federal candidates, have pleaded sufficient factual allegations to show Article III standing to challenge state time, place, and manner regulations concerning their federal elections.
The “conversion therapy” aims to counsel children that they are ok as who they are, right? To prevent schools and medical people from pushing gender transition on them?
Sometimes these law labels seem to say the exact opposite of what they really do.
The Colorado law pretends it is following professional health care guidance, but in fact it is just echoing prejudicial health care guidance that presumes (1) the only professionally proper health care services help advance the mental illness obsession of gender dysphoria and (2) ignores well founded alternative professional guidance advocating mental health services to help the person affirm their biological gender and rid the mind of the gender dysphoria obsession. The latter is every bit as professional and proper health care as the former, if not more so, but Colorado’s law lies with its legal presumption otherwise.
Hopeful that the justices make the right decision. Thankful for the years of integrity of Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
May they remain healthy and active on the Court.
Funny how the transition can only go one way, eh? And you can’t ever tell kids that maybe they should change their mind before its too late.
Don’t worry, the women will save the left’s case. (Kagan, Sotomayor, Jackson, Barrett, and John Roberts.)
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