Legal Opinion
King v. Governor of the State of New Jersey
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 11, 2014No. 13-4429PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
A recently enacted statute in New Jersey prohibits licensed counselors from engaging in “sexual orientation change efforts” 1 with a client under the age of 18. Individuals and organizations that seek to provide such counseling filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, challenging this law as a violation of their First Amendment rights to free speech and free exercise of religion. Plaintiffs also asserted claims on behalf of their minor clients under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The District Court rejected Plaintiffs’…
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