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Love In Action Files Suit Against Tennessee

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Ministry Sues State to Keep "Gay Changing" 12 Step Program

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Love In Action Files Suit

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Gay-rights target sues Tennessee

Love In Action denies that it's providing mental health services

By Lawrence Buser

Love In Action International, a faith-based organization that tries to counsel gays into turning straight, filed a federal lawsuit Friday seeking to block the state from imposing licensing requirements and claiming its rights of religious freedom are being violated.

The Memphis-based group accused state officials and Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities of "grossly manipulating, misapplying and misusing" state statutes and licensing rules to impose what LIA calls unconstitutional requirements on its organization.

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