conversion therapy
After bronze medal, Adam Rippon still has ‘nothing to say’ to Pence
By Kimberly Winston — February 8, 2018
(RNS) — Adam Rippon criticized the vice president, who is leading the U.S. delegation to the Winter Games, for his support for gay conversion therapy.
Ex-gay pioneer Joseph Nicolosi is dead. That’s good news for LGBT people he hurt (COMMENTARY)
By Jonathan Merritt — March 10, 2017
(RNS) Nicolosi has now crossed over into eternity. I imagine he is shocked to find LGBT people there, too.
Mormon church denounces ‘abusive’ LGBT therapy (COMMENTARY)
By Jana Riess — March 18, 2016
(RNS) After a Salt Lake City TV station aired a segment about a gay Mormon youth's trauma from conversion therapy, the LDS church finally spoke up.
Gay Mormon teen chronicles nightmare of conversion therapy in “Saving Alex”
By Jana Riess — February 29, 2016
When she was 15, Alex Cooper's Mormon parents checked her in to a "conversion therapy" program that shamed her for being gay. Now she is telling her story.
Gay-to-straight conversion therapy group committed consumer fraud, jury finds
By Rachel Delia Benaim — June 25, 2015
(RNS) A jury awarded the plaintiffs damages for individual and group therapy sessions in which clients were asked to undress and touch themselves in their therapists’ presence and beat effigies of their mothers with a tennis racket.
As a New Jersey court considers conversion therapy, many Orthodox Jews have moved on
By Rachel Delia Benaim — June 3, 2015
(RNS) While a lawsuit against conversion therapy is being argued in New Jersey, many Orthodox Jewish rabbis have already begun to alter their views on homosexuality.
Therapists who say gays can be cured are committing consumer fraud, NJ judge says
By Susan K. Livio — February 17, 2015
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) In his ruling, Superior Court Judge Peter F. Bariso Jr., wrote that conversion therapy is a violation of the Consumer Fraud Act because it describes homosexuality as a mental illness, or disorder.
Jayne Ozanne, Church of England evangelical activist, comes out as a lesbian
By Trevor Grundy — February 3, 2015
CANTERBURY, England (RNS) Jayne Ozanne subjected herself to a form of conversion therapy where clergy tried to cast out a sexual orientation they deemed demonic.
Parents sue to overturn New Jersey ban on ex-gay therapy
By Susan K. Livio — November 5, 2013
(RNS) The unidentified couple says the restriction, signed into law by Gov. Chris Christie, infringes on their rights of free speech and religion and unconstitutionally interferes in the raising of their 15-year-old son.
Conservatives vow suit over N.J. gay conversion law
By Susan K. Livio — August 20, 2013
TRENTON, N.J. (RNS) a national Christian legal group that blocked an identical law from taking effect in California earlier this year vowed to sue New Jersey, saying the legislation violates the First Amendment rights of parents and therapists.
Jewish ‘ex-gay’ group faces suit for consumer fraud
By Corrie Mitchell — July 18, 2013
(RNS) The suit is being brought by four young men and two of their parents, who claim that JONAH induced them to pay for services by making deceptive claims that sexual orientation is a choice that can be changed.
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