The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit cited the First Amendment when it struck down a conversion-therapy ban Friday that was enacted by Palm Beach County and the city of Boca Raton.

And critics, such as Orlando Gonzales, who is the executive director of the LGBTQ organization, SAVE, said the takeaway is to pay close attention to the analysis being presented when the judges cited the First Amendment in the divided federal appeals court ruling.

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