Copyrighted Image? DMCA | The Southern Poverty Law Center filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit today accusing a New Jersey organization of consumer fraud for offering conversion therapy services -- a dangerous and discredited practice that claims to convert people from gay to straight.
The lawsuit, filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey, charges that Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing (JONAH), its founder, Arthur Goldberg, and counselor Alan Downing violated New Jersey's Consumer Fraud Act by providing conversion therapy claiming to cure clients of being gay. It is the first time a conversion therapy provider has been sued for fraudulent business practices. The lawsuit describes how the plaintiffs -- four young men and two of their parents -- were lured into JONAH's services through deceptive practices. |