Posted on 08/01/2022 6:33:02 PM PDT by marshmallow
In Otto v. City of Boca Raton, Florida, (11th Cir., July 20, 2022), the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, by a vote of 7-4,, denied an en banc rehearing in a case in which a panel decision of the court struck down a conversion therapy ban. (See prior posting). Concurring and dissenting opinions spanning 110 pages accompanied the brief order denying review. Judge Grant, joined by Judges Branch and Lagoa filed an opinion concurring in the denial, saying in part:
The perspective enforced by these local policies is extremely popular in many communities. And the speech barred by these ordinances is rejected by many as wrong, and even dangerous. But the First Amendment applies even to—especially to—speech that is widely unpopular....
Today’s dissenters decry the result of the panel decision—namely, that speech they consider harmful is (or may be) constitutionally protected. But to reach their preferred outcomes, they ask us to ignore settled First Amendment law
Judge Jordan joined by Judge Wilson, and joined in part by Judges Rosenbaum and Pryor, said in part:
[T]he panel majority in this preliminary injunction appeal ignored the clear error standard of review—never acknowledging or applying it —and substituted its own factual findings for those of the district court on important issues.
Judge Rosenbaum joined by Judge Pryor filed a dissenting opinion, saying in part.....
(Excerpt) Read more at religionclause.blogspot.com ...
The liberals must have won because they are the ones who get the First Amendment. The rest of us have hate speech.
That’s a huge win.
A sliver of sanity.
No, they lost, at least for now. However, rest assured they will continue to fight this or even just ignore the ruling.
Thanks for the translation.
Thanks for this informative post.
It has always astounded me that conversion therapy banners make even a pretense of passing 1A muster. Guess it astounded those seven appellate judges, too.
It’s puzzling why this ruling comes a full twenty months after its 2-1 daddy.
Good news.
So they brainwash kids into thinking they’re the opposite sex, then get them on puberty blockers, then BAN therapy to straighten the Kia out?
Dems are disgusting. I wouldn’t raise a child in a blue state.
So they brainwash kids into thinking they’re the opposite sex, then get them on puberty blockers, then BAN therapy to straighten the Kia out?
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Weird world. The government demands children be allowed to have doctors mutilate their bodies, but talking to someone about their sexual orientation to straighten them out, because the person wants to be straight, is taboo.
yet they wouldn’t stop a ban on gay conversion therapy
Its like a tripple negative read test. A Denial of review of a decision which denied a ban of something good...
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