'Huge Victory': Federal Court Protects Therapy for Unwanted Same-Sex Attraction in Florida under First Amendment

Clare Marie Merkowsky : Jul 26, 2022
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"This case is the beginning of the end of similar unconstitutional counseling bans around the country..." -Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver

(Florida) — [LifeSiteNews.com] A federal court upheld a decision that struck down laws that ban counseling minors to reduce or overcome unwanted same-sex attractions and behaviors or gender confusion in Florida. (Image: Pexels)

On July 20, the US Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals denied an appeal from Palm Beach County and the City of Boca Raton to review the laws, which were struck down in 2020 after they were found to violate the First Amendment right to free speech, as reported by Liberty Counsel.  

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"This is a huge victory for counselors and their clients to choose the counsel of their choice and be free of political censorship from government ideologues," Liberty Counsel founder and chairman Mat Staver said.

"This case is the beginning of the end of similar unconstitutional counseling bans around the country," he continued. "Under the laws that were struck down, a counselor could encourage a client to take life-altering hormone drugs or even undergo invasive surgery to remove healthy body parts but could not help a client who seeks to overcome unwanted same-sex attractions, behavior, or confusion"... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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