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The Utah Legislature appeared poised recently to ban so-called conversion therapy, barring therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation of minors.
The bill had two Republicans championing it and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — seen as a potential stumbling block — had taken a neutral stance.