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Ordinances Banning ‘Sexual Orientation Change Efforts’ Are Unconstitutional, Says 11th Circuit

Posted on December 3, 2020 by David E Smith

Many Christians, especially when it comes to LGBT-related issues, have bought into what might be called “the inevitability thesis.” Nearly everything in our culture has convinced them to assume that it is futile for anyone to resist their same-sex attractions. And, any attempt to help someone, especially young people, reduce their behaviors and attractions is just as futile, and probably even illegal.

A ruling last month from the 11th Circuit court challenges the inevitability thesis.

Posted in Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Britt Grant, conversion therapy ban, Free Speech, John Stonestreet, Julie Hamilton, Robert Otto, Rod Dreher, sexual orientation | Comments Off

A Major Legal Victory Against LGBTQ Tyranny

Posted on November 30, 2020 by David E Smith

Did you miss this good news? As reported recently by Liberty Counsel: “A three-judge panel of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals struck down laws that ban counselors from providing minor clients with help to reduce or eliminate unwanted same-sex attractions, behaviors, or gender confusion.”

This was a victory for freedom, for tolerance, for individual rights, and for therapist-client privilege. Above all, it was a victory for minors.

Posted in Religious Liberty, Sexuality | Tagged Alliance Defending Freedom, Britt C. Grant, Cathy Ruse, conversion therapy ban, Dr. Julie Hamilton, Dr. Robert Otto, Family Research Council, FRC, LGBTQ tyranny, Liberty Counsel, Mat Staver, No Proof of Harm, Peter Sprigg, sexual orientation change efforts, Tony Perkins | Comments Off

Lawsuit Against State of Illinois’ Unconstitutional Ban on Counseling for Minors

Posted on July 30, 2018 by David E Smith

IFI is asking for help from supporters in moving forward an important lawsuit against the state of Illinois. In light of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in favor of pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in California (NIFLA v. Becerra) and with the encouragement of IFI and others, Mauck & Baker, a Chicago-based law firm committed to protecting religious liberty, is considering a lawsuit against the Illinois law that bans counseling for children and teens who experience unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria.

Background

The plaintiffs in the NIFLA case (i.e., pro-life crisis pregnancy centers) sued the state of …

Posted in Faith, Sexuality | Tagged Bruce Rauner, Clarence Thomas, conversion therapy ban, FACT Act, HB 217, King v. Governors of New Jersey, Mauck & Baker, NIFLA v. Becerra, Pickup v. Brown, Youth Mental Health Protection Act | Comments Off

Pastors File Federal Lawsuit Against Illinois

Posted on August 11, 2016 by David E Smith

As a result of the passage of the deceptively named “Youth Mental Health Protection Act,” the law firm of Mauck & Baker is today filing a federal lawsuit against the state of Illinois on behalf of a group of Illinois pastors alleging that the Act “unconstitutionally restricts a young person’s right to make personal choices regarding his or her own choice of sexual identity, as well as the pastors’ right to free speech and the exercise of religion.” The suit seeks “a Declaratory Judgment from the court stating that the law should not apply to pastoral counseling.”

Read the Mauck …

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