I'm no Hogwarts fan, but kudos to J.K. Rowling. The author of the Harry Potter series is standing up for a woman fired in Britain for stating the obvious: people can't change their gender. That got her sacked and, incredibly, a judge sided with her employer. And another judge in Britain recently upheld the firing of a doctor who thinks men are men and women are women—and that no one can change his or her sex.

But announcing that simple, biological fact outrages the ruling "transgender" orthodoxy and is now a firing offense in Great Britain. And if you think that can't happen in America, let me share a shocking case from Iowa. It shows just how far the LGBT agenda has come as we end 2019. And why you and I have to fight back! –Mat

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1990 that burning the American flag is First Amendment protected speech. But if you burn an LGBT flag, it’s another story.

An Iowa court just sentenced a man to 16 years in prison after he torched an LGBT flag.

That's a hate crime in Iowa, which means Adolfo Martinez, who stole the pro-homosexual banner off a church and used lighter fluid to set it aflame, will spend the next decade-and-a-half behind bars.

What he did was wrong, but no one was hurt or verbally threatened. Sixteen years is an extreme and disproportionate sentence. It’s also an ominous signal of LGBT power and the growing threat it poses to your freedom and mine.

+ + Fighting LGBT forces in Congress and the courts

That’s why—with your help—we fought throughout this year to STOP the radical LGBT assault on freedom misnamed as the “Equality Act.” This dangerous House- passed measure will, if it becomes law, impose the LGBT agenda on every American, even those with conscience-based religious objections to LGBT conduct.

This LGBT grab bag has ZERO conscience protection for people like you and me who object to homosexual conduct. But it is loaded with poisonous pro-LGBT provisions. Under it, for example, churches will be forced to ...

• host same-sex ceremonies.
• give biological men access to women’s bathrooms, showers, and nursing-mother rooms at any time, and to stay as long as they want.
• hire staff involved in LGBT conduct.
• allow cross-dressers to be greeters, ushers, Sunday school teachers and more.

And the so-called "Equality Act" also gags professional counselors from helping anyone seeking to overcome unwanted same-sex attraction, behavior and gender confusion.

+ + HUGE victory against LGBT counseling ban

Thanks to you, Liberty Counsel is fighting these unconstitutional speech-restricting counseling bans in courts across America. We won a huge victory against LGBT forces in October when a federal judge struck down a city of Tampa ban on counseling to help people struggling with unwanted same-sex attractions.

Big Brother government—with LGBT activists whispering in its ear—tried to ignore the First Amendment, muzzle counselors and restrict minors from obtaining the counseling they want.

But because of friends and partners like you who pray and give, Liberty Counsel took an authoritarian city government to court and won.

And we’re waging the same fight against counseling bans in Maryland, California and New Jersey. Your generous support now will help win more victories.

Such overreaching ordinances are a gross intrusion into the fundamental rights of counselors and clients. Every person has the right to receive the counsel of their choice.

+ + With just days to go in 2019, stand with Liberty Counsel!

Liberty Counsel's legal team has been fighting these intrusive laws in many states since 2012. We are uniquely positioned to take down these laws. But to defend freedom, we need your help.

Our docket in defense of life, liberty and family is as full as it’s ever been. We’re fighting Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center and have many other crucial cases in courts nationwide.

That's why your prayers and financial support are so needed today.

And now is the time to give because, thanks to a providential Year-End Challenge Grant, every dollar you donate now will have twice the impact! Click on the banner below to support Liberty Counsel with a generous donation of any amount:

Liberty Counsel will never stand idly by as government administrations, activist judges or radical groups try to redefine the God-ordained institution of marriage, marginalize parental rights, prevent children from receiving Christian counseling and attack the family!

The battles we fight on behalf of our families are among the most important cultural battles of our lifetime.

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Mat Staver
Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel 

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