March 19, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled that Pastor James Domen cannot sue video platform Vimeo for deleting his account over videos about his journey away from homosexuality.
Domen is the founder of Church United, a religious nonprofit dedicated to changing “the moral culture of our communities in California,” and an advocate for people seeking to overcome unwanted same-sex attraction. He says he was homosexual for three years, but “because of his desire to pursue his faith in Christianity, he began to identify as a former homosexual.” He now has a wife and three children.
In several videos uploaded to Vimeo, Domen discussed legislation proposed in California to ban counseling for unwanted same-sex attraction, more commonly known as reparative or conversion therapy.
In November 2018, Vimeo notified Domen that it “does not allow videos that promote Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE),” and he had 24 hours to remove the offending videos. He refused, so Vimeo terminated his account for uploading “videos that harass, incite hatred, or include discriminatory or defamatory speech.”
In June 2019, Domen sued the company, but Magistrate Judge Stewart Aaron dismissed the case in January 2020. Now, the U.S.
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