N.J. Federal Court Rejects Constitutional Challenge to State Ban on “Gay Conversion Therapy” for Minors

U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson has granted the state of New Jersey’s motion for summary judgment, rejecting a constitutional challenge by practitioners of “sexual orientation change efforts” (SOCE) to a recently enacted state law that prohibits licensed counselors from providing such therapy to minors.  (SOCE is popularly known as “gay conversion therapy.”)  Following along the lines of a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco, which … <Read More>