It is encouraging to read what the government has written in its public consultation document on criminalising so-called ‘conversion therapy’. They say they don’t want to catch ordinary church practices. Nor do they intend to stop parents from bringing up their children in accordance with biblical values. And they say, ‘simply expressing the teachings…
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A public consultation on government proposals to criminalise so-called ‘conversion therapy’ in England and Wales will end on 10 December. A ban has the potential to interfere with aspects of evangelical preaching, praying, pastoral counselling, and even parenting. Campaigners want a complete ban so that it will be a criminal offence to attempt to…
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Activists demand the most religiously repressive law the UK has seen in centuries The idea of inflicting electro-shock treatment on gay people to try to change their sexuality is so repugnant that no rational or decent person would defend it. That’s what most of us think of when people talk about banning “conversion therapy”.…
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Watching Christian leaders tackle tough issues can be instructive. The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) has been grappling with gay identity issues. Things came to a head at their annual meeting of church elders, the General Assembly, this year. Why is this worth knowing about? While we must take care not to unnecessarily import…
Read moreIt’s chilling. A group of leading lawyers, politicians, and activists have co-signed a report calling for ‘intelligence gathering and tracking systems’ to be developed to catch Christians who repeatedly engage in what they call ‘conversion practices’. They want to criminalise anyone who preaches, prays, or offers pastoral counselling to help someone to resist gay…
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So yet another mainstream church denomination has fallen to the LGBT juggernaut. The Church in Wales has voted to bless same-sex unions. It hasn’t yet gone the whole way and completely redefined marriage, but that is surely just a question of time. In truth, the Church in Wales has been drifting away from the…
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A school chaplain was reported to the government’s anti-terrorism unit because he delivered a sermon telling children they were allowed to disagree with the LGBT agenda. Revd Dr Bernard Randall, 48, was also sacked from his job and reported to the local authority as a potential danger to children. He is taking Nottinghamshire’s Trent…
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