Missouri’s Attorney General, Republican Andrew Bailey, is seeking a remedy from the courts to end the ban on so-called “conversion therapy,” therapy designed to direct people away from LGBTQ lifestyles.
Republican AG sues cities for Christian counselors’ right to turn LGBTQ+ youth straight – LGBTQ Nation
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit on behalf of Christian counselors seeking to overturn conversion therapy bans in Kansas City and Jackson County. The bans, passed in 2019 and 2023 respectively, forbid practitioners from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors, but Bailey’s lawsuit argues that the bans violate the counselors’ First Amendment rights.
The city and county have pledged to defend their bans in court, which punish conversion therapists with $500 to $1,000 fines and up to 180 days in jail if they offer services promising to turn kids straight or cisgender. However, Bailey’s lawsuit follows a recent executive order by President Donald Trump pledging to prosecute anti-Christian bias, something that could aid Christian conversion therapists in their legal battles against the bans.
