Gary Bauer's End of Day Report

10-08-2025
From the assassination of Charlie Kirk to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel, there’s been a lot of talk lately about free speech in America. The topic was center stage yesterday at the Supreme Court. The justices heard oral arguments in a case challenging a Colorado law passed by the LGBTQ-controlled Democrats who wanted to control what counselors and therapists can say to their patients. The law banned so-called “conversion therapy,” where a counselor attempts to help someone overcome same-sex attractions or deal with gender dysphoria. Just to be clear, the controversy before the court was voluntary talk therapy. But just like abortion, the Left only wants you to have one choice. The Colorado law banned speech that progressives and the LGBTQ crowd disagreed with. It “gagged” counselors, especially Christian counselors, and forced their patients into only one option—their gender confusion must be affirmed, or the counselors would lose their license.