Use the “wrong” pronouns—and face crushing fines?

That’s the reality that Colorado business owners could face if they refuse to abandon their convictions and submit to the state’s agenda.

The state has launched a censorship campaign that attacks truth and freedom of speech, the cornerstone of free societies.

Born Again Used Books, owned by Eric Smith and co-managed with his wife Sara, is challenging a Colorado law that censors speech under the guise of stopping discrimination.

Under its public accommodations law, the state redefined “gender expression” to include “how an individual chooses to be addressed.” That means every business owner in Colorado is supposed to address customers, employees, and anyone else with pronouns and titles based on gender identity, not biological sex.

The state is trying to compel you to promote its radical agenda. If you violate the law, you could face $3,500 fines per violation and up to four months in prison.

Prison time—for speaking the truth. This can’t stand.

That’s why Alliance Defending Freedom has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the Smiths and Born Again.

But we need your help. Censorship is on the rise across the country:

• In Texas, we’re defending Dr. Andrew Fox, a chaplain with the Austin Fire Department who was fired after writing a personal blog post about how men shouldn’t compete on women’s sports teams.
• In Indiana, we’re fighting for high school music teacher John Kluge, whose school district forced him to resign after revoking his religious accommodation to its “preferred pronoun” policy.

In a world facing mounting censorship, it’s never been more important to protect the right of every person to speak freely. Censorship of one threatens the freedom of us all.

Your gift today will be put to use to preserve this fundamental, constitutional—and human—right. Whatever you give will be matched, dollar for dollar, by a $490,000 matching grant to fight the government-coerced censorship harming Americans, including the Smiths.

Double your impact in the fight for free speech today!