Supreme Court rules for Christian counselor in ‘conversion therapy’ ban case

The Supreme Court sided with a Christian counselor on Tuesday in her free speech challenge to Colorado’s ban on counselors attempting to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity.  Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the 8-1 majority, said lower courts used too lenient a standard in upholding the ban.   The law regulates counselors’ speech in an attempt to silence a certain viewpoint, Gorsuch wrote. “Fortunately, that is not the world the First Amendment envisions…