It's Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

I'm Albert Mowler, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Colorado, California, in total, about 20 states prohibit by law, so-called conversion therapy when it comes to minors, those who are 18 and

under. Now, just yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States has taken a case on appeal.

That case comes from a counselor, a therapist there in the state of Colorado, who says that it is

unconstitutional that she is

prohibited from offering professional services to young people who say they want to overcome

or make right in terms of their understanding of sexuality and gender, their own understanding

of their sexual orientation and their own gender identity,

which is to say, these are young people who are seeking out this particular kind of counsel,

this kind of therapy, as it's defined, but the state of Colorado says that it is illegal.

As the L.A. Times reports it, quote, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a free speech

challenge to laws in Colorado, California, and 20 other states that forbid licensed counselors

from seeking to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors. The woman in this case is

Kaylee Childs. She's identified as a licensed counselor there in Colorado. She says

that the law in Colorado infringes upon her free speech. As the LA Times says, quote, she said her

clients, seek Christian-based counseling to reduce or eliminate unwanted sexual attractions,

change sexual behaviors, or grow in the experience of harmony with

their physical body.

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The state of Colorado not only says that's illegal, it is going to defend that case in court

and now in arguments before the nation's highest court.

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