The U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) starts its new term today with oral arguments in a case (Chiles v. Salazar) centered on Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” for children.
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Let’s stop right here before we go any further. Terms like “conversion therapy” are Orwellian ones that mean the opposite of what they purport to mean. The term itself is intentionally deceptive.
So, what is conversion therapy? Its opponents say it’s “treatment intended to change the identity or behavior of gay and transgender people.” They base this on the assumption that a child can honestly believe he or she was born in the wrong body or that attraction to the same sex is so normal that any attempt to change it is the problem.
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