Quote:

---

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear appeared visibly offended when he sat down for an exclusive interview with The Advocate on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on so-called "conversion therapy" for minors.

---

Quote:

---

"The Supreme Court is absolutely wrong," Beshear said hours after the ruling. "Torture is never free speech. It’s just torture. And faith has been used at different times to try to justify torture, and it’s always, always been wrong."

---

Quote:

---

The Democratic governor made those remarks hours after the Court handed down its 8-1 decision in Chiles v. Salazar, ruling that Colorado’s prohibition on licensed counselors performing conversion therapy on minors violated the First Amendment. Writing for an 8-1 majority, Justice Neil Gorsuch held that Colorado’s law regulated speech based on viewpoint, permitting therapists to affirm a client’s identity or gender transition while forbidding them from saying anything that might help a client change their sexual orientation or gender identity, and that such restrictions demand the most rigorous First Amendment scrutiny.

---