Federal Court Upholds New Jersey's Ban on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy

[William769]

Source: The Advocate

Just like its predecessor in California was in August, New Jersey's ban on so-called ex-gay therapy was just upheld in federal court.

Judge Freda Wolfson of the U.S. District Court in New Jersey issued a ruling Friday declaring that the New Jersey law "restricts neither speech nor religious expression," according to the National Center for Lesbian Rights. The judge dismissed a legal challenge from the right-wing legal group Liberty Counsel, filed on behalf of therapists who wanted to engage in the scientifically discredited, harmful practices on minors.

That challenge, Wolfson noted in her ruling, "runs counter to the longstanding principle that a state generally may enact laws rationally regulating professionals, including those providing medicine and mental health services."

Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed the law in August, after California passed similar legislation banning the use of harmful, unscientific "therapy" on minors by licensed therapists and mental health professionals in September 2012.


Read more: http://www.advocate.com/society/law/2013/11/09/federal-court-upholds-new-jerseys-ban-ex-gay-therapy

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[LuvNewcastle]

1. That's great news.

I look forward to the day when that shit is banned all over America. It's pathetic that states have to pass a law to keep people from torturing their gay kids, but fundies just don't know when to quit.

[dbackjon]

2. Awesome - it's child abuse. Any therapist that uses it should lose licence

And parents should forfeit ALL their children.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Faux News Warps Minds

so they just assumed Faux Therapy would work too

[thucythucy]

4. I wish Lou Reed was here to see this.

His parents forced him into electroshock "therapy" to burn the gay out of him.

On second thought, I wish Lou Reed was still here, period.

[Old Union Guy]

5. Strictly speaking, this isn't specifically a gay rights issue ...

It's a prohibition of medical quackery.