By Jan Wolfe

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court is set to wade back into the nation’s culture wars during its new nine-month term that begins on Monday with a series of contentious cases on issues including transgender athletes, gay conversion therapy, guns and race.

The first of these goes before the court on the second day of its term. Arguments are slated for Tuesday over the legality of a Democratic-backed Colorado law banning “conversion therapy” aimed at changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Republican President Donald Trump’s administration is supporting the Christian professional counselor who challenged the law.

“Like last year, this term the Supreme Court again will face issues that arise from the culture wars and the Trump presidency that deeply

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