One senior #Vatican official familiar with internal assessments of the meeting called it “unusual” & not “a walk in the park.” It was “a frank & direct dialogue on issues where the distance between the Vatican & the #US is evident & clear,” said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal assessments.

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During the discussion, the small group of #Pentagon & #Vatican officials discussed their differing views of current events, according to people on both sides with knowledge of the conversation.

What is less clear is how adversarial the meeting was.

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The issue had split the lower courts. An appeals court in #Florida found a set of similar local laws restricting #therapy in the #state was unconstitutional. A divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit sided with #Colorado, finding that talk therapy provided by a #MentalHealth professional is a #medical treatment that can be #regulated as part of the state licensure process.

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In general, the #FirstAmendment prevents the government from restricting #speech because it dislikes the content or message. But #SCOTUS has said certain restrictions aimed at governing a person’s conduct are permissible even if they incidentally burden speech. [if those restrictions adhere to the justices’ own ideologies.]

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