Therapist fighting Colorado’s conversion therapy ban is being supported by anti-LGBTQ+ hate group

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging Colorado’s LGBTQ+ conversion therapy ban.

The therapist challenging the ban “believes that people flourish when they live consistently with God’s design, including their biological sex”, as per court documents. She’s being represented by an organisation that the Southern Poverty Law Center have designated as an “anti-LGBTQ+ hate group.”

SCOTUSblog reported on Monday (10 March) that the court will hear a challenge to the Colorado law prohibiting mental health counselors from practicing the widely criticised form of therapy. The challenge alleges that the ban violates the First Amendment’s free speech clause, with judges expected to hear the case during their next term, which starts in October.

Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado Springs,

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