The Relationship Between the LGBT Community and Religion

David Bianculli: The issues at the heart of this case are profoundly personal. Many Americans in the state of Washington find conversion therapy deeply troubling, offensive, and harmful. But we also cannot ignore that conversion therapy is often grounded in religious faith," he says. "The speech underpinning conversion therapy is overwhelmingly, if not exclusively, religious" 'It may well be the case that even under heightened review, Washington's interest in protecting minors would overcome Tingley's free speech challenge,' BiancullI adds.