(The Center Square) – Coloradans have mixed reactions to this week's U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the state's ban on conversion therapy for the LGBTQIA+ community.
At issue in Chiles v. Salazar is conversion therapy, or "talk therapy" as some have called it, for minors with unwanted same-sex attractions or gender identity issues.
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