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Court Rejects Challenge to Law Banning Gay Therapy

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to California’s law that bars mental counseling aimed at turning gay minors straight.

The justices on Monday, June 30, 2014  let stand an appeals court ruling that said the state’s ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors doesn’t violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors and patients seeking treatment.

Read more here:

http://www.sacbee.com/2014/06/30/6522794/court-rejects-challenge-to-law.html#storylink=cpy

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