Over the objection of three conservatives, the court left in place a state law that bars therapists from counseling minors to change sexual orientation or gender identity, a practice favored by some conservatives.
”Thomas wrote that there is “a fierce public debate over how best to help minors with gender dysphoria”
No there isn’t, you corrupt chucklefuck.
This is such a big problem with societal progress - “debates” where one side is some combination of ignorant and ill-intentioned are passed off as “politics as usual” and give credibility to positions that in no way deserve it, and then apathetic and/or malicious parties take that and run with it. It’s so frustrating to see matters like people’s basic right to exist and those of scientific importance given equal footing as hate and ignorance.
Arguably, there is a debate among the general public. There is no debate among those with expertise in the relevant medical and psychiatric fields, and there hasn’t been for about 50 years.
More proof that this court doesn’t automatically make the conservative ruling. While I want several of them gone, they’re not as bad as lemmy makes out.
They’ve completely annihilated bedrock legal principles like standing and precedent (not to mention ethics of any kind or basic standard) but because they didn’t take this case, you’re making the argument that they aren’t “as bad as lemmy makes out”?
dafuq
They didn’t rule against it homie, they just didn’t take this particular case.
i never downvote as a general rule but goddamn i’m being tested here