The First Amendment protects free speech. But financial terror accomplishes what a legal ban cannot. When a counselor faces the prospect of unlimited liability for simply having a conversation, they go silent. And when counselors go silent, the silencing of the Gospel is accomplished. This is not a hypothetical threat. It is already happening.

Religious freedom has always been synonymous with American freedom. Noted in our pledge of allegiance. “One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

Today, it appears that both justice and liberty are becoming extinct. Still, many continue to scramble from nations around the world to come and experience “the land of the free, and home of the brave.”  However, “freedom” seems to be imploding. Religious freedom is the center of a bull’s-eye target from those whose views and beliefs differ from God’s Holy counsel. Waves of Marxism have us gasping. America is losing definition.

What is it that defines a “Christian” today?  Have many “Christians” just found it to be a clean label, without convictions deep enough to withstand scrutiny and hatred? So many remain silent when fellow Christians are under attack.   

For three years, Matthew Grech, a former LGBT man who lives in Malta, was under prosecution simply for sharing his testimony of leaving LGBT culture for Christ. On March 4, 2026, he was fully acquitted of all charges. Towards the end of this courtroom battle, Chiles v. Salazar was heard by the United States Supreme Court. Ms. Chiles fought and won the right to counsel from a Christian perspective. 

Don’t catch your breath just yet. The ink was not even dry on the Supreme Court ruling before Colorado legislators introduced a bill designed to accomplish through civil liability what the Court just said they could not accomplish through criminal prohibition.

Confused? Is religious liberty still intact? Let me explain in a way that will shed light on the ongoing fight for equality.

On March 31, 2026, the United States Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in Chiles v. Salazar, striking down Colorado’s ban on so-called “conversion therapy” as unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. In plain language, the government cannot silence a counselor simply because their perspective on sexuality differs from the prevailing cultural narrative. The Court said so clearly and decisively.

What happened next should startle and compel every pastor, counselor and believer.

On that same day — not a week later, not a month later, but within hours of the ruling — Colorado legislators introduced House Bill 26-1322. The bill was clearly prepared in advance, anticipating the Court’s decision. It was a premeditated effort to undermine the highest court in the U.S.

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