If Brian continues to practice counseling according to what he believes are best practices for helping patients achieve success—and in line with his convictions—he faces fines of up to $5,000 per violation, suspension from practice, and even losing his license and livelihood.
I’m proud to be on the Alliance Defending Freedom team representing Brian’s right to speak freely.
His free speech is on the line, and when the government can decide what Brian can and can’t say, then they can do the same to you and me.
We’ve seen enough. The government must respect the freedom to discuss beliefs about human sexuality that are shared by many Christians, Jews, and Muslims—and people of no faith.
In this case, the children of Washington suffer the most.
Washington State’s overreach is even more egregious when you realize how many children could suffer permanent damage from counselors and online influencers pushing them towards experimental, life-altering chemical trials and even surgery.
Such children need an opportunity to heal and recover their true self, and that’s what Brian tries to do in his counseling. No more, no less. He never works with any client who doesn’t want to work with him, and never presses any client towards any goal they do not want for themselves.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit inexplicably ruled that Washington’s law did not regulate Brian’s speech. It claimed the law only regulated “conduct,” not speech.
But the Ninth Circuit got it wrong here, and we’ve appealed Brian’s case to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Washington’s law censors conversations between clients and counselors like Brian by dictating which personal goals they can or can’t talk about.
We want a free America. That’s why Alliance Defending Freedom is standing with Brian, and I’m blessed to be on the team representing both his rights and those of every American.
It’s bigger than Brian. It’s bigger than the state of Washington. But Brian is standing up so others, we hope, do not have to.
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