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In times of stress, loneliness, depression, and confusion, some people turn to counseling. They expect a trusted counselor to guide them through a difficult period in their life.

These individuals want a counselor who can speak with them openly and honestly.

This seems like common sense. Yet some state and local governments are forcing counselors to promote only the government’s views to their clients.

In states like Colorado and Washington, government officials have declared some viewpoints off limits, censoring counselors and harming the clients who seek their help.

People come to Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado, because they desire counseling informed by their common Christian faith. They want their lives to align with their convictions, and Kaley works to help them achieve that goal.

Instead, Colorado law states counselors can only have conversations that steer young people toward living as the opposite sex. Any conversation counselors have aimed to help their clients recover comfort with their God-given sex is prohibited by law.

In other words, Colorado allows only the government’s view of gender identity to be promoted by counselors.

Because the law threatens severe penalties, Kaley already had to start censoring herself to avoid potential fines of $5,000 for each offense and even the loss of her license.

This case isn’t just about Kaley and other licensed counselors—it’s about our First Amendment rights. It’s about ensuring the government can’t take away our constitutional right to express what we believe.

That’s why Alliance Defending Freedom is fighting back. We work each day on behalf of everyday Americans to protect and defend free speech and religious freedom.

And we argue crucial cases across the nation at every level—even all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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