SCOTUS Rejects Challenge To NJ’s Ex-Gay Torture Ban

Via press release from hate group leader Mat Staver:

Liberty Counsel will refile King v. Murphy in the New Jersey lower court and work this case back up to the U.S. Supreme Court. The New Jersey law was the second state in the nation to ban licensed mental health professionals from providing counseling and for clients from receiving any counsel to reduce or eliminate unwanted same-sex attractions, behaviors, or identity.

Last year in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra, the Supreme Court gutted the Pickup v. Brown (now Pickup v. Newsome) case and a similar case from the Third Circuit, King v. Christie (now King v. Murphy). Both of these cases were expressly overruled by the High Court.

Liberty Counsel sought to have the Court set aside the lower court mandate before having to refile the case; but today the Supreme Court decided not to take the case at this stage. Liberty Counsel will now refile the case in light of the Supreme Court’s express rejection of the lower court’s past ruling which upheld the counseling ban.

This is at least the third time that the Supreme Court has rejected an ex-gay torture challenge from Liberty Counsel.