Breaking: Supreme Court Sides with Christian Counselor, Strikes Down Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’

The Supreme Court delivered a major First Amendment ruling on Tuesday.

In a decisive 8-1 opinion, the justices sided with a Christian counselor who challenged a Colorado law that she said infringed on her right to free speech.

The case, Chiles v. Salazar, centers on whether a state can regulate conversations between counselors and clients regarding sexuality, The Hill reported.

Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was the lone dissenter.

He said a lower court used an inappropriate standard when it previously upheld the law.

At issue was a 2019 Colorado ban on counseling practices aimed at challenging a child’s expressed sexual orientation or gender identity.

Violations of the law can lead to fines and put licenses in jeopardy for counselors.

The state argued the law only seeks to regulate conduct, not speech.

But the country’s court disagreed on Tuesday morning.

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