Liberty Counsel Takes On New California Law

A Lynchburg-based religious freedom legal group is challenging a California law banning a controversial therapy. Liberty Counsel filed its opening brief Wednesday against the ban on “Change Therapy”. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted Liberty Counsel’s emergency motion on Dec. 21, to temporarily block the law from going into effect on Jan. 1; the new law states any sexual orientation change efforts, attempted on a patient under 18 years of age by a mental health provider, shall be considered unprofessional conduct. Federal judges will hear arguments to decide whether the change therapy law is legal or not; until then the law will not take effect.