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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Conversion Therapy Ban Stands in Washington State
Caption: Conversion Therapy Ban Stands in Washington State. On Dec. 11, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the state's ban concerning minors, NPR reports. The court's inaction upheld a lower court's ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. The law, which went into effect in 2018, grants Washington the ability to revoke therapists' licenses if they attempt to alter the sexual orientation of a minor. Conversion therapy advocate Brian Tingley challenged the law with the help of the "anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom," NPR reports . Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy law violates his right to free speech. While the Supreme Court declined to hear Tingley's challenge, Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas dissented and would have liked to hear the case. "Although the court declines to take this particular case, I have no doubt that the issue it presents will come before the court again.", Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent. "When it does, the court should do what it should have done here... to consider what the First Amendment requires.", Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent. THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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