The Southern Poverty Law Center
announced yesterday that it has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit in state court in New Jersey on behalf of 6 plaintiffs seeking equitable relief and damages for fraud against an organization that offers "conversion therapy" to gay men. Defendant is
JONAH, Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing. The complaint (
full text) in
Ferguson v. JONAH, (NJ Super Ct., filed 11/27/2012) alleges various violations of New Jersey's
Consumer Fraud Act. The
Daily Beast reports in depth on the lawsuit.