Update (June 30, 2014): The Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to the California ban on reparative therapy for minor patients with same-sex attraction, The New York Times reports. That lets stand the August appeals court ruling that the ban did not encroach on counselors' or patients' free speech rights.

Mat Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel—which had petitioned the Supreme Court for a hearing—said he was "deeply saddened" by the Supreme Court's refusal. "The minors we represent do not want to act on same-sex attractions, nor do they want to engage in such behavior. They are greatly benefiting from this counseling," he said in a statement.

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Update (April 18): According to the Los Angeles Times, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in the case challenging the constitutionality of California's ban on gay conversion therapy for minors. The LA Times report also provides a detailed account of the arguments made by lawyers ...

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