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.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."The government allows certain type of speech in therapy sessions, and it disallows other sorts of speech or viewpoints," Heffron said."It's just a confirmation of government viewpoint, government-favored speech over disfavored speech."FIRED SCHOOL COUNSELOR LOSES AGAIN AFTER FREE SPEECH FIGHT OVER GENDER-THEMED BOOKS IN HIS OFFICEKaley Chiles was the plaintiff in the Colorado case Chiles v.
Salazar (Alliance Defending Freedom press release) (Alliance Defending Freedom, press release)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.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.EXCLUSIVE: INDIANA SCHOOL COUNSELOR FIRED FOR SPEAKING OUT ON GENDER IDENTITY POLICY SETTLES LAWSUIT FOR $200KThomas More Society is suing Lincoln, Nebraska for barring counselors from aiding minors who want to overcome their discomfort with their biological sex or same-sex attraction.
(Getty Images)Heffron said a counselor accused of having those conversations could face an...