Public sentiment is deeply divided regarding the Supreme Court's quashing of FIRs relating to anti-conversion laws. While a significant number express strong support for the ruling as a protection of individual rights and freedoms, others voice concerns about the potential misuse of anti-conversion laws, indicating a need for strict provisions against forced conversions. Overall, the majority opposes the laws, perceiving them as discriminatory and unconstitutional, while a minority believes such laws are necessary to prevent coercion.

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In India, freedom of religion is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Constitution, specifically under Articles 25-28. This right ensures that all individuals are free to profess, practice, propagate any religion

LetPsychological650

&gt;“In the present case, the complaint was lodged by a third party, who does not fall within the category of persons enumerated under Section 4 of the Act. Therefore, registration of FIR by the 2nd respondent, who lacks locus standi, is legally invalid.

&gt;The absence of these essential elements renders the allegations insufficient to constitute an offence under the Act. Consequently, the registration of the FIR, culminating in the filing of the charge sheet, is vitiated.“

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Logical_thinker19

If distribution of pamplets in cities is a crime,i know an organisation who does it day in and out .

Playful_Wealth3875

SensibleIndian_

atheism is the solution u cant convert an atheist

Vegetable_Land7566

"Torture is free speech. Or, well, it is when the torturer says they're doing it in the name of Christ." - Six  Supreme Court "Justices"

Negative_Gravitas

Conversion therapy doesn't work. It is just torturing kids who are already fragile. It will cause a lot of misery, pain, and suicides.

hairymoot

Electrocuting and poisoning minors while showing them pornography is free speech now didn't you know? Perfectly normal human behavior.

Baralov3r

Freed_lab_rat

Christian Nationalism will sink this country. Freedom of Religion must mean all religions, not just Christianity. By allowing such deference to “deeply held religious beliefs” they’re opening Pandora’s box in a way that I don’t think even they realize or want it opened. 

What’s next, legalizing beastiality, or polygamy because some religions believe in it? My religion demands that I occupy the nicest home in whatever town I reside, and my god authorizes me to take it by force. Who are you to deny me my religious freedom?

So called “Conversion Therapy” is little more than psychological and often physical abuse on MINORS. The horror stories that come out of these places will make your skin crawl. Picture things like locking CHILDREN in dark rooms with loud audio recordings of the “pastor” shouting homophobic rants and shame at them… Picture - forcing two teens of opposite sexes - yes again these are CHILDREN - to be sexual with each other. The whole - you’re not gay, you just haven’t tried pussy yet! Bullshit. It’s absolutely insane the torture they put these KIDS thru.

RichardCrapper

If they do overturn it, the state should prosecute them under existing child abuse laws to the fullest extent.

The-Machinist-

But what if we offer straight conversion therapy. I'm sure the Christian conservatives on SCOTUS would be fine with that then, right?

T1Pimp

They're just determined to do the most evil. It's disgusting.

runesky77

Marking atheists, lgbt people, and political dissenters as terrorists = Not a violation of free speech

Torturing children for being lgbt = Free speech

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Spiritual-Company-45

"It's a violation of my free speech to disallow me from oppressing others who don't align with my personal values and beliefs!"

Honestly, these conversion methods that have been tried in the past do not work.  If any LGBT person has ever said it "cured" them, I have to ask if they ard being oppressively coerced in to saying they are.  These methods have caused suicides.

RamJamR

And children should have the right to not go to a conversion camp against their will. 

MrWhackadoo

Conversion ~~therapy~~ torture has been *universally condemend* by basically *every* major medical and psychological body in the United States (APA, AMA, AAP, AACAP, and I assume most of the western/civilized world and their respective bodies).

These atrocities only increase suffering and rates of suicide, but that's *exactly* what they want (and/or maybe they also *want* someone to snap under this cruelty and then have further justification to blame the person they tortured for acting out as if further justification for more cruelty is warranted).

They also *know* this will not be equally applied to other religions ("deeply held religious beliefs"), hypocrisy does not seem to take root in the minds of these monsters. God damn these monsters. Fuck this, seriously.

FXOAuRora

Add torture to MAGA’s bag of tricks. Pedos love parents to drop off their kids for conversion.

Crafty-Walrus-2238

We should be fighting fire with fire. Start a conversion therapy for children of MAGA.

SuperFrog4

Wait...banning torture camps is a violation of free speech how?

czernoalpha

Somebody needs to start conversion therapy for MAGAs. I bet there are a bunch of families that would kidnap their old aunt, uncle, and grandpa and send them away for help. This hateful ideology is destroying families.

International_Try660

A second article to help understand the arguments by the Evangelical Christian therapist: https://www.npr.org/2025/10/07/nx-s1-5563987/supreme-court-conversion-therapy-colorado

undercurrents

I guess it's "viewpoint discrimination" to be against the use of leeches for bloodletting to balance humors?

chockedup

Abuse of children, whether physical or sexual, will be a great legacy for the trump years.

claude3rd

If this happens, the only solution left is to make it not safe to be a conversion therapist.

nameless_other

So I suppose they'll also allow people to sue their parents and other people who had a role in these things...

TailleventCH

By making this a free speech issue, the supreme court just effectively ruled that talk therapy isn't a medical treatment, since state laws that regulate medical treatments to protect the public from harm and maintain standards of care have already been ruled constitutional under the 10th amendment.

jswan28

Colorado just needs to follow the anti-abortion playbook - require admitting privileges, higher insurance requirements to cover costs for post-treatment treatment, and extend and enhance the ability for former patients to sue the "doctors" for torture.

snafoomoose

puffz0r

Writerhaha

Xalucardx

imaginary friends should not have free speech. Social conservatives live in a world where "becoming contaminated" is a big concern. This is where some of the strangeness about Purity balls come into play.

For them the existence of Bad Bunny, married gay people, transgender folks, is an attack on their way of life. Because the existence of those things proves, unequivocally, that their way of life is not the only possible way of life ordained by God. If God isn't going to make sure no competing ways of life exist, conservatives are.

cyrixlord

Only a matter of time before they rule burning women at the stake is protected by the first amendment

Deacon523

Our children youth have the right to change their sex if they want to

Otakufan9000

Says alot about their perspective when they coming abuse as speech

summane

Drone strikes against American citizens on American soil are about to become free speech, but utter the word gay or Antifa and you get a drone strike.

ThePensiveE

This is free speech but gender affirming care is not free speech?

gitsgrl

If it’s a freedom of speech thing, then it’s illegal, because this shit kills kids. It is yelling fire in a crowded theater.

bene_gesserit_mitch

Might as well make being gay a religion and fight back.

pwner187

GarlicFrogDiet

Wtf is so called “ conversion therapy? TIA!

Aggressive_Excuse159

The Supreme Court of India quashed multiple FIRs filed against officials of a university accused of mass religious conversions, emphasizing protection against unjust prosecutions.

Supreme Court Quashes FIRs on Religious Conversion in Uttar Pradesh

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