The Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday on questions of sexuality and government regulation. Once again, a case pits conservative Christian groups against the LGBTQ community.
At issue in the case is conversion therapy. It's generally defined as the treatment used to cure a person's attraction to the same sex; in other words, to make a gay person straight, and to cure a person's desire to change their gender identity by making them comfortable with their gender at birth.
Every major medical organization from the American Medical Association to the American Psychological Association has repudiated the practice, finding that it doesn't work, and instead leads to deep depression, and suicidal thoughts in minors. As a result of these findings, half of states have banned the practice for th