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Christian counselors in Lincoln, Nebraska, are suing the city over an ordinance that they claim restricts their ability to help minors who wish to become comfortable with their biological sex or address unwanted same-sex attraction. Thomas More Society's Matt Heffron argues this is government "viewpoint discrimination," noting similar restrictions were struck down by the Supreme Court in Chiles v. Salazar and a Kansas City case. Counselors could face fines, professional penalties, and jail time if they violate the ordinance, which Heffron says unfairly limits therapeutic options for minors seeking specific kinds of counseling.
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Christian therapists in Nebraska are suing the city of Lincoln, claiming an ordinance bans them from counseling minors on accepting their biological sex, potentially leading to jail time, fines, and professional penalties. The lawyers argue this constitutes government "viewpoint discrimination." Thomas More Society Senior Counsel Matt Heffron stated that while counselors can help minors transition gender-wise, they cannot counsel those who want to become comfortable with their natural sex or address unwanted same-sex attraction. This restriction is part of a broader legal battle after the Supreme Court recently struck down a similar ordinance in Colorado. The plaintiffs face up to a $500 fine and could lose their professional licenses for non-compliance, according to Heffron.
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Christian counselors are suing Lincoln, Nebraska, over an ordinance they say threatens therapists with jail, fines and professional consequences for helping minors who want to become comfortable with their biological sex or address unwanted same-sex attraction, even after the Supreme Court struck down a similar Colorado restriction earlier this year.
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Thomas More Society Senior Counsel Matt Heffron told Fox News Digital in an interview Wednesday that Lincoln's ordinance amounts to government "viewpoint discrimination," arguing counselors are permitted to help minors move toward gender transition but barred from counseling them toward accepting their biological sex when that is the client's stated goal.
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that → tell → sex
"The government allows certain type of speech in therapy sessions, and it disallows other sorts of speech or viewpoints," Heffron said.
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Heffron → allow → speech
"It's just a confirmation of government viewpoint, government-favored speech over disfavored speech."
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It → favor → speech
Heffron said Lincoln's ordinance prevents counselors from helping minors who want to become comfortable with their biological sex or address unwanted same-sex attraction.
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who → say → attraction
He argued that a nearly identical Colorado restriction was found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in Chiles v. Salazar as viewpoint discrimination and that the Eighth Circuit subsequently reached a similar conclusion in a case involving Kansas City.
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Heffron said a counselor accused of having those conversations could face an investigation and potentially a misdemeanor charge, a $500 fine, a $100 civil penalty and the loss of professional licenses or credentials.
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Heffron said Thomas More Society repeatedly asked Lincoln to repeal the ordinance or agree not to enforce it, but after the city declined to do so and stopped responding, the group filed suit.
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"The stakes of this case as far as minors are concerned, is that there are minors out there, and a fair number of them is what I hear, who are perhaps faith-based or for other reasons, they are unhappy with same-sex attraction that they may be experiencing or they're unhappy with what used to be called gender dysphoria," Heffron said.
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"And these minors go to a therapist, particularly a Catholic one like the one in this case, and they ask to be helped.
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they → go → case
It's awful, it's cruel to tell those children they can't be helped," he added.
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he → tell → children
"In fact, the only thing that the statute or that ordinance allows is it will allow that therapist to help guide them into gender transition with all of the evils that include surgeries and hormones and that sort of thing.
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They can guide them into that.
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They → guide → that
And they can make them comfortable with their same-sex attraction."
In this instance, Heffron said the government is policing speech.
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government → make → speech
"When an ordinance tries to say what sort of view is allowed, what sort of speech is allowed, that's viewpoint discrimination," Heffron said.
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Heffron → try → speech
Fox News Digital reached out to Jamie Reyes, director of the Lincoln Commission on Human Rights in Lincoln, Nebraska, for comment.
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The city said that it does not comment on pending litigation.
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