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    Supreme Court turns away case threatening California ban on gay 'conversion therapy'

    by David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times Dec 11, 2023 3 minutes
    The U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 13, 2023.

    WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Christian group's free-speech challenge to the laws in California and 21 other states that forbid licensed counselors from using "conversion therapy" with children and teenagers.

    Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. filed dissents, and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said he also voted to hear the case.

    "There is a fierce public debate over how best to help minors with gender dysphoria," Thomas said, and states such as Washington and California have "silenced

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