Conversion Therapy Ban , Stands in Washington State.<br />On Dec. 11, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge <br />to the state's ban concerning minors, NPR reports. .<br />The court's inaction upheld a lower court's <br />ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. .<br />The court's inaction upheld a lower court's <br />ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. .<br />The law, which went into effect in 2018, grants <br />Washington the ability to revoke therapists' licenses if <br />they attempt to alter the sexual orientation of a minor.<br />Conversion therapy advocate Brian Tingley <br />challenged the law with the help of the <br />"anti-LGBTQ Alliance Defending Freedom," NPR reports. .<br />Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy <br />law violates his right to free speech. .<br />Tingley says that the anti-conversion therapy <br />law violates his right to free speech. .<br />While the Supreme Court <br />declined to hear Tingley's challenge, .<br />Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh <br />and Clarence Thomas dissented and <br />would have liked to hear the case. .<br />Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh <br />and Clarence Thomas dissented and <br />would have liked to hear the case. .<br />Justices Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh <br />and Clarence Thomas dissented and <br />would have liked to hear the case. .<br />Although the court declines to <br />take this particular case, I have <br />no doubt that the issue it presents <br />will come before the court again. , Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent.<br />When it does, the court should do what <br />it should have done here... to consider <br />what the First Amendment requires, Justice Clarence Thomas, via dissent
