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Posted on 06/30/2014 7:00:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to California’s law that bars mental counseling aimed at turning gay minors straight.
The justices on Monday let stand an appeals court ruling that said the state’s ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors doesn’t violate the free speech rights of licensed counselors and patients seeking treatment. …
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Oy.
In Harris, the Court refuses to extend Abood. These employees can’t be required to contribute to unions
Alito writing BOTH SCOTUS Opinions today !!!
“But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in. ~Matthew 23:13
Dumb law. What a therapist and a patient does and the goals of that therapy is not the business of the government.
They’ll be no mental counseling going on for sexual deviants in California.
Abood sounds like it turned out right!
How do we know that?
Suddenly SCOTUS cares about state laws? Even ones that violate the First amendment?
Terrible ruling, just like the gun buyer “straw man” fiasco.
Especially those ones.
Should have presented this case as a freedom of religion issue. There is nothing in the case that would prevent religious organizations from preaching tha homosexual acts are sins and offer religious support and counseling to help those seeking therapy from a religious counsellor.
All a Christian therapist would need to do is associate with a church or establish a Christian organization to help those seeking counselling.
It’s not too late to try that approach.
Yes, that sounds like it has a stronger basis — keeping the issue within the context of a household of faith.
There is a determined segment of secular therapists in this field, and by all reports the quest is often successful, though not always.
However, the overarching divine love context furnished by the gospel is the best medium (I unabashedly assert) for resolving any sexual perversion issue. True love begets true love. Indifference or hate begets more of the same.
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Another win!
Or not?
This wasn’t a “ruling.” The Court didn’t hear the case (they only hear about 1% of cases filed with them). That leaves the lower court’s ruling in place, but sets no precedent.
I fully agree.
The real issue is not one that can be solved by more laws, nor is it a social issue
(thought it does have social impact), but rather an issue of the heart — since no law can change the heart, all law is insufficient to address the issue. This is why we need a savior and, thank God, we have Him in the form of Jesus.
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