NEWARK, N.J. — A federal judge has upheld a New Jersey law barring therapists from trying to turn gay youth straight.
In a ruling issued Friday, Judge Freda L. Wolfson said the law does not violate free speech or religious protection.
Republican Gov. Chris Christie signed a ban on gay conversion therapy in August.
California is the first and only other state to ban the practice. A federal appeals court upheld California's law in August.