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A popular internet cartoon depicts a young woman standing in front of a priest. “Father, I’m lesbian,” she says. The priest responds, “Ask God for help to cure you from that sin!” The woman falls to ...

Based on oral arguments last week, the Supreme Court's conservative majority seems likely to hold that the First Amendment protects so-called conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors when it ...

In the traditional cascade modeling approach, automatic speech recognition (ASR) first produces a single text string, which is then passed to retrieval. Small transcription errors can change query ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday about whether a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—that is, efforts by psychologists or counselors to get people to change their sexual ...

Noah Feldman is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A professor of law at Harvard University, he is author, most recently, of “To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People." Based ...

Imagine a conservative state bans therapists from talking to gay or transgender minors in a way that affirms their sexual orientation or gender identity. That would cross a line, right? Whatever ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a challenge to Colorado's law banning conversion therapy for minors. The law faces scrutiny on free speech grounds, with arguments highlighting the conflict ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is deliberating a case challenging Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. The case involves Christian counselor Kaley Chiles, who argues that the ban violates free speech under ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California and other states forbid licensed counselors from encouraging gay or transgender teens to change their ...

Chiles petitioned the high court to determine whether the law “censors certain conversations between counselors and their clients,” violates free speech protections. Both Chiles and conservative court ...

Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Tuesday to consider a legal battle involving a Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" treatment for minors brought by a licensed counselor in the ...