by Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse April 10, 2025 at The Stream.
What Bible-believing Christians need to know about Chiles v. Salazar
For years, LGBTQ activists have demonized professional counseling that they badly misname as “conversion therapy.” The very existence of people who want to leave the LGBT identity behind, not to mention the work of therapists dedicated to helping them, is an affront to the Revolution’s ideology. Numerous “blue states,” including California and New York, have passed laws making such professional help an ethical violation that can strip therapists of their licenses and livelihoods.
No matter that many men and women would like to leave “pride” behind, for religious or family or personal reasons. No matter that many people struggle with same-sex attraction or that it is often a direct result of trauma. The LGBTQ activists insist that “conversion therapy” never works and is always harmful. Any psychological distress people who struggle with same-sex attractions experience is caused by some combination of social stigma, internalized homophobia, or “minority stress,” the claim.
Now this issue is about to come to a head.
This fall, the US Supreme Court will hear a landmark case concerning therapy bans: Chiles v. Salazar. While it will affect all states, the leading complaint stems from Colorado, where a Christian counselor is challenging a statute regulating speech inside her office. This case is extremely important for Bible-believing Christians to follow because its outcome will affect faith. But unlike most legal battles, this time there is actually something you can do to help.
You Can Check In Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave
This case is more than the garden-variety attack on religious liberty and free speech we’ve come to expect from the Sexual Revolutionaries: It case also represents an effort to block any exits from the LGBTQ “community.” These activists assert that no one can change his or her sexual orientation or sexual identity, under any circumstances, ever.
