SCOTUS erases parents in conversion case

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) After the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday about a Colorado law prohibiting state-licensed therapists from offering conversion therapy to LGBTQ clients, there is one area in which the left and right can agree: A lot of LGBTQ youth struggle with feelings of shame, fear and even an urge to self-harm.
50% : Regardless of who initiates a conversation about sexual orientation or gender identity, "parents serve as gatekeepers to both engage in and take their LGBT children for external conversion interventions."
48% : The treatment, then, is to counteract hateful messages with "affirming" therapy that holds that "variances in human sexuality, gender identity, and gender expression are normal.
34% : Last summer, Alito authored a decision arguing that parents had an expansive right to block children from accessing books in public schools that conflict with the their anti-LGBTQ beliefs.

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