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Supreme Court rejects challenge to Washington state ‘conversion therapy’ ban (www.nbcnews.com)
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Over the objection of three conservatives, the court left in place a state law that bars therapists from counseling minors to change sexual orientation or gender identity, a practice favored by some conservatives.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

This is such a big problem with societal progress - "debates" where one side is some combination of ignorant and ill-intentioned are passed off as "politics as usual" and give credibility to positions that in no way deserve it, and then apathetic and/or malicious parties take that and run with it. It's so frustrating to see matters like people's basic right to exist and those of scientific importance given equal footing as hate and ignorance.