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Conversion Therapy Ban Stands in Washington State

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Conversion Therapy Ban Stands in Washington State

Conversion Therapy Ban Stands in Washington State

Conversion Therapy Ban , Stands in Washington State.

On Dec.

11, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the state's ban concerning minors, NPR reports.

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The court's inaction upheld a lower court's ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington.

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The court's inaction upheld a lower court's ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington.

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The law, which went into effect in 2018, grants Washington the ability to revoke therapists' licenses if they attempt to alter the sexual orientation of a minor.

Conversion therapy advocate Brian Tingley challenged the law with the help of the "anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom," NPR reports.

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Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy law violates his right to free speech.

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Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy law violates his right to free speech.

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While the Supreme Court declined to hear Tingley's challenge, .

Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case.

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Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case.

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Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case.

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Although the court declines to take this particular case, I have no doubt that the issue it presents will come before the court again.

, Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent.

When it does, the court should do what it should have done here... to consider what the First Amendment requires, Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent


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