Press Release
In Chiles v. Salazar, SCOTUS Should Uphold Colorado’s Ban on Abusive "Conversion Therapy"
Following today’s oral arguments before the Supreme Court in the case of Chiles v Salazar, Reverend Paul Brandeis Raushenbush, president and CEO of Interfaith Alliance, released the following statement:
“Medical experts have warned time and time again that ‘conversion therapy’ is deeply harmful to children - which is why states have every right to regulate and ban it. In the case of Chiles v Salazar, it’s deeply alarming that the plaintiff is attempting to argue that her rights to free speech and religious freedom should allow her to carry out this dangerously abusive practice.
True religious freedom is about individuals safely practicing their own faith – not using faith as a weapon or excuse to stigmatize and abuse others. That’s why Interfaith Alliance joined a wide range of fellow faith organizations in an amicus brief to support Colorado’s law in this case.
We urge the Supreme Court to uphold Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy and protect LGBTQ+ children from this deeply harmful pseudoscience.”
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