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Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”

Transgender rights supporters and opponents rally outside of the US Supreme Court | Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images There was never much doubt how this Supreme Court would decide Chiles v. Salazar, a lawsuit challenging a Colorado law that bars licensed therapists from providing “conversion therapy,” or counseling that seeks to convert LGBTQ+ patients into straight and cisgender people. This Court, which has a 6-3 Republican majority, typically rules in favor of religious conservatives when their interests conflict with those of queer people, even when religious conservatives raise fairly a...