Talk Therapy Bans Will Be Struck Down

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the case of a licensed marriage and family therapist who sought to strike down Washington state’s ban that prevents counselors from providing minor clients with help to reduce or eliminate unwanted same-sex attractions, behaviors, or gender confusion. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh would have voted to take the case because of the current conflict in the federal Courts of Appeal as a result of Liberty Counsel’s cases, Otto v. City of Boca Raton and Vazzo v. City of Tampa, both of which struck down nearly identical counseling bans that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld in Tingley v. Ferguson.

Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said, “Liberty Counsel will continue until these unconstitutional counseling bans are overturned nationwide. It is not a matter of if, but only a matter of when, all these counseling bans will be struck down. That day is coming. Liberty Counsel has been in this fight since California passed the first counseling ban. Our recent wins at the Court of Appeals sets up a conflict that the High Court will have to resolve. Government has no authority to prohibit one viewpoint of talk therapy.”

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