Suit Challenges New Jersey's New Law Banning Conversion Therapy For Minors

Yesterday, just days after New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed  a bill that bans licensed mental health, social work and counseling professionals from engaging in in sexual orientation change therapy with minors, Liberty Counsel announced the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of affected counselors challenging the new law. The complaint (full text) in King v. Christie, (D NJ, filed 8/22/2013) claims that the new law violates plaintiffs' free expression and free exercise rights under the federal and state constitutions, as well as parents right to direct the upbringing and education of their children.