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Reuters reports:
A federal appeals court on Monday refused, over the dissents of a group of Republican-appointed judges, to reconsider an earlier order upholding Washington state’s ban on so-called conversion therapy seeking to change minor patients’ sexual orientation or gender identity.
A Christian family therapist had urged the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear his challenge to the law on freedom of speech and religion grounds after a three-judge panel ruled against him last year.
Brian Tingley, who lives in Tacoma and practices in nearby Fircrest, Washington, sued the state in 2021 in federal court in Tacoma, saying it violated his right to free speech and to practice in accordance with his Christian religious beliefs.
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Tingley is represented by the Alliance Defending Freedom.
As I previously reported, the ADF first filed its lawsuit in May 2021 and lost in US district court in September 2021 before losing again before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in September 2022.
According to Brian Tingley’s resume, he’s led seminars on “authentic manhood” and “true masculinity.”
Before that, he wrote and produced commercials for car dealerships, bingo halls, and county fairs.
As I’ve reported many times over the years, ex-gay torture therapists often end up rejecting their work and coming out as gay themselves.
Then there are the ones that are busted trolling online for gay sex, such as the nationally prominent therapist caught cruising Manhunt in 2018 as HotNHairy72.
The Alliance Defending Freedom has advocated for criminalizing homosexuality in the United States and has provided free legal support to foreign groups seeking the same in their own countries.
The 9th Circuit refused, over the dissents of a group of Republican-appointed judges, to reconsider an earlier order upholding Washington state’s ban on so-called conversion therapy seeking to change minor patients’ sexual orientation or gender identity https://t.co/vCLORAZqC5 pic.twitter.com/3k0R7uFYBJ
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