Your Conversion Therapy Stance Reveals Your Values Personality: What Minnesota's New Laws Say About You

# Your Conversion Therapy Stance Reveals Your Values Personality: What Minnesota's New Laws Say About You

> **Quick answer:** Minnesota is rewriting its 2023 conversion therapy ban following the Supreme Court's 8-1 ruling in *Chiles v. Salazar* (March 2026), which found such bans can violate therapist free speech rights. How you react to that news — with concern for LGBTQ+ youth, concern for First Amendment rights, or something in between — is a direct window into your core values personality, as mapped by psychologist Jonathan Haidt's Moral Foundations Theory.

The Minnesota conversion therapy ban 2026 debate just got a Supreme Court-sized earthquake. This week, DFL lawmakers are scrambling to rewrite a law that protects LGBTQ+ youth from harmful therapy practices — and where you stand on it tells you something real about who you are.

## What Just Happened: Minnesota's Conversion Therapy Law Under Pressure

Minnesota passed its conversion therapy ban in 2023, joining more than 20 states that prohibit licensed mental health professionals from trying to change a client's sexual orientation or gender identity. The law was designed to protect minors from a practice the American Psychological Association considers both ineffective and harmful — research from Cornell University's What We Know project found that people who underwent conversion therapy had nearly twice the suicide attempt rate of those who did not.

Then came the Supreme Court. In March 2026, the Court ruled 8-1 in *Chiles v. Salazar*, a case brought by Kaley Chiles, a Colorado therapist and practicing Christian who argued the state's similar ban violated her First Amendment rights. Justice Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion, finding that these laws regulate speech based on viewpoint — the highest bar in constitutional law — and must survive strict scrutiny. Justices Kagan and Sotomayor concurred; only Justice Jackson dissented.