Is Conversion Therapy Necessary?

As of recent, controversy has sparked regarding the legality of conversion therapy, if it should be outruled or not. Conversion therapy is known as an emotional or physical practice of “curing” one’s attraction to the same sex or their gender identity. Though there are still many mixed opinions from people who have done conversion therapy previously, it’s confirmed to not be a medically approved method. Despite it all, many parents tend to have their children do conversion therapy if they’re part of the LGBT+ community, as the community can frequently be deemed immoral, predatory, or vile to their religion or personal beliefs. However, there are others that claim it isn’t against their religion, a common one being Christianity, with it always being challenged about whether or not it’s a sin to like the same sex or gender or identify as anything but the gender they were assigned at birth. However, many argue that banning conversion therapy in its entirety goes against the 1st amendment, freedom of speech, alongside religious spaces, which oftentimes aren’t very welcoming to those who are LGBT+ or are affiliated with someone who’s involved in said community. It ended up aiding in the Supreme Court’s decision of refusing to ban conversion therapy. 

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