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California and other states forbid licensed counselors from encouraging gay or transgender teens to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Both conservative and liberal justices said Colorado’s law appeared to violate the 1st Amendment.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Tuesday heard a free-speech challenge to state laws against “conversion therapy” and sounded likely to rule the measures violate the 1st Amendment.

California and more than 20 other states have adopted laws to forbid licensed counselors from urging or encouraging gay or transgender teens to change their sexual orientation or gender identity.

They were adopted in reaction to a history of da

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