The conservative Becket Fund for Religious Liberty is behind the lawsuit. Becket Fund successfully represented Michigan’s St. Vincent Catholic Charities in a case focused on whether religious foster care and adoption agencies can decline to work with same-sex couples. The suit names several defendants, including Gov. Whitmer, Attorney General Dana Nessel, Elizabeth Hertel, who serves as director of Michigan’s Department of Health and Human Services, the Michigan boards of counseling, social workers and psychology and leaders at the state’s Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. Ultimately, the suit asks the court to find that the law violates constitutional rights to free speech, free exercise and due process and seeks a permanent injunction prohibiting the state from enforcing the law.