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Committee reviews impact of U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Childs v. Salazar on local conversion-therapy ordinance
Summary
An agency official told the committee the Supreme Court's decision in Childs v. Salazar treats Colorado's ban as viewpoint discrimination and limits enforceability as applied to talk therapy; staff recommended amending the local ordinance to clarify that it does not prohibit talk therapy.
An agency official briefed the City of Norman Council Oversight Committee on the implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision in Childs v. Salazar for the city's conversion-therapy ordinance (chapter 8, article 3).
The presenter said the Supreme Court characterized Colorado's ban as viewpoint discrimination and instructed lower courts to apply strict scrutiny rather than the lower rational-basis standard the state courts had used. "The court characterized Colorado's ban as a viewpoint discrimination," the agency official said, and noted the Supreme Court sent…
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