Friday, July 12, 2024

Catholic Charities v Whitmer: A Very Important Religious Liberty Case

 Here is a link to the Becket Fund announcement. And here is  some info provided in the announcement:


Catholic therapists in Michigan asked a federal court today to protect their ability to provide compassionate, professional counseling to children experiencing discomfort with their biological sex. In Catholic Charities v. Whitmer, Becket represents counselors who are challenging a new Michigan law that bans counselors from helping children talk through the underlying causes of their gender confusion, and instead requires counselors to assist children with a “gender transition”—a regime of puberty blocking drugs, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries designed to make their bodies resemble the opposite sex. 
If a case like this arose in Nebraska, the Nebraska First Freedom Act (state RFRA) would apply.