Yet another lawsuit has been filed against the state of Colorado over its years-long agenda to impose anti-Christian beliefs on Christian people and organizations.
The state, run by leftist Democrat Gov. Jared Polis, Democrat-majority House and Senate bodies, and an all-Democrat state Supreme Court that in pursuit of its partisan agenda tried to bar President Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential election ballot, has taken actions dating back years already in its pro-LGBT, pro-abortion ideologies.
The problem is they conflict with the Constitution, as the Supreme Court already has ruled multiple times.
A new report at the Christian Post explains the latest action comes from a national grassroots group, Defending Education, which sued Colorado over its new law that also punishes parents who don’t support transgender beliefs adopted by their children.
A new state law makes it “a discriminatory act to refuse to call trans-identifying individuals by their chosen name.”
The group was joined by Colorado Parent Advocacy Network, Protect Kids Colorado, Do No Harm and Dr. Travis Morrell in the lawsuit over House Bill 25-1312.
Nicki Neily, the founder and president of Defending Education, told the Christian Post she believes that the new law “compels speech on sex and gender and punishes citizens who disagree.”
Neily explained, “Citizens cannot be forced to say what the government wants them to say. That’s why we have a First Amendment.”
Morrell, a medical doctor, has discussions with patients on difficult topics like “alcohol abuse, smoking, anxiety, body dysmorphia, self-harm, and, relevant here, gender dysphoria,” the lawsuit says.
“In these cases, it is vital that he be able to address the root cause,” including the negative impacts of cross-sex hormones and body-mutilating surgeries that are part of the transgender beliefs.
“For example, sex-change surgeries can result in ‘extensive scarring,’ and patients who take testosterone may experience ‘severe cystic acne.’ The suit argues that Morrell must be permitted ‘to provide accurate information regarding the risks associated with these interventions,’” the report explains.
The state already has lost twice at the Supreme Court in its agenda to force Christian business operators in Colorado to spout the pro-LGBT agenda in their dealings, once with a cake baker and once with a web designer. A third similar case is pending before the Supreme Court now regarding the state’s attempts to control the beliefs and speech of counselors. In the first case, the Supreme Court scolded the state for its “hostility” to Christianity.
Colorado taxpayers already have been stung for millions of dollars in legal expenses in the failed ideology imposed on them by leftist leaders.
Further, another lawsuit was filed against the state just days ago.
It involves a policy change by the Colorado Department of Early Childhood that is trying to force a longtime Christian youth camp to promote the anti-Christian mindset of transgenderism.
In direct violation to its religious beliefs and constitutionally protected religious rights.
“The government has no place telling religious summer camps that it’s ‘lights out’ for upholding their religious beliefs about human sexuality,” said ADF lawyer Andrea Dill. “Camp IdRaHaJe exists to present the truth of the Gospel to children who are building character and lifelong memories. But the Colorado government is putting its dangerous agenda—that is losing popularity across the globe—ahead of its kids. We are urging the court to allow IdRaHaJe to operate as it has for over 75 years: as a Christian summer camp that accepts all campers without fear of being punished for its beliefs.”
The ADF announcement confirmed it has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Colorado on behalf of IdRaHaJe, which takes its name from the hymn, “I’d Rather Have Jesus.”
The state policy change would, in fact, force all licensed resident camps in the state to believe and teach the fiction that boys can be girls and girls can be boys.
Such transgender ideologies exploded under the promotions adopted by Joe Biden when he was in the White House.
For those who follow the science, such ideology in fact is a myth, as being male or female is embedded in the human body down to the DNA level.
The camp has operated in the Bailey, Colorado, area, southwest of Denver, since 1948.
Colorado also recently embedded an abortion “right” in its state constitution.
