Overview
- Represented by the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, two licensed counselors filed a federal suit Wednesday seeking to block Wisconsin’s conversion therapy ban.
- The suit names Gov. Tony Evers, the state licensing chief, and board members who enforce a rule that treats efforts to change sexual orientation or gender identity as unprofessional conduct.
- The plaintiffs say they offer voluntary, faith-based talk therapy and argue the state cannot police private counseling conversations protected by the First Amendment.
- The complaint argues the rule mirrors a Colorado law that the Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, said regulated talk therapy by viewpoint, a precedent that could affect similar rules elsewhere.
- Evers says he will not repeal the rule and calls WILL’s argument a misreading of the Court’s decision.