MADISON, Wis. (WRN) — A conservative law firm is suing to block Wisconsin’s ban on conversion therapy.
A state administrative rule prohibits “employing or promoting any intervention or method that has the purpose of attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.”
The lawsuit was filed in federal court by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty on behalf of licensed counselors Terri Koschnick and Joy Buchman, who offer clients Christian counseling. WILL Deputy Counsel, Rebecca Furdek, said Wisconsin’s rule is materially indistinguishable from a Colorado statute held to be “viewpoint discrimination” by the U.S. Supreme Court, and that Wisconsin counselors have every right to provide Christ-centered talk therapy to clients who seek them out.