Alliance Defending Freedom’s cruel history with conversion therapy

[Jessica_Rose ✅]

Alliance Defending Freedom's cruel history with conversion therapy

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/01/alliance-defending-freedoms-cruel-history-with-conversion-therapy/ 🔗

Jake Angelo (18 Jan 2026)

On Oct. 7, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a case that challenges Colorado's ban on conversion therapy.

Shortly after, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) sent an email to its supporters...

Unlike most legal organizations, ADF is sharply anti-LGBTQ. Since their inception over 30 years ago, the group has fought to maintain anti-sodomy laws, uphold the right to discriminate against gay couples, and overturn Roe v. Wade.

In recent years, a major element of their fight has been to legalize the discredited practice of conversion therapy.

The Supreme Court appears poised to rule in favor of ADF, which could effectively invalidate conversion therapy bans for minors by licensed professionals across the U.S. This victory would add to the organization's already-high win streak, which they say is around 80%.

"I don't think anyone is undermining LGBTQ rights as relentlessly as ADF," Peter Montgomery, research director at the advocacy group People for the American Way, told Uncloseted Media and GAY TIMES. "They're shaping the culture for generations to come."

Although nearly every major medical association has denounced conversion therapy, ADF is arguing that disallowing the practice is a violation of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment.

"This case is part of its crusade to turn religious freedom into a license to harm others," says Amy Tai, the co-author of an amicus brief in Chiles v. Salazar that is urging the Supreme Court to uphold the Colorado law. "It is part of a larger effort and movement to harm LGBTQ people and strip them of their constitutional rights."

[Lori Dee ✅]

We need massive lawsuits claiming "Conversion Therapy Made Me Gay!"

The only way to defend against such claims is to admit that talk therapy doesn't work that way.

I need a T-shirt that says "Conversion Therapy Made Me Transgender!"

For Monty Python fans:

"She turned me into a newt. ... I got better."