Religious refusal laws harm sexual minority mental health, study finds
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180523133208.htm
Now, a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher has found that state laws permitting the denial of services to same-sex couples because of religious or moral beliefs harm the mental health of sexual minority adults in those states.
The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found these laws were associated with a 46 percent increase in the proportion of sexual minority adults experiencing mental distress.
Religious refusal laws harm sexual minority mental health, study finds
May 25, 2018, 6:38pm UTC
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/05/180523133208.htm
> Now, a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher has found that state laws permitting the denial of services to same-sex couples because of religious or moral beliefs harm the mental health of sexual minority adults in those states.
> The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found these laws were associated with a 46 percent increase in the proportion of sexual minority adults experiencing mental distress.