from The Free Speech Union
Although Andy Burnham has sacked the minister who introduced it, he has not scrapped this dangerous bill.
The bill threatens free speech and religious freedom. It will criminalise well-intentioned conversations between parents or therapists and gender-confused children, as well as religious leaders sharing their faith’s teachings with their congregations.
Parents could face up to five years in prison for trying to dissuade their children from embarking on dangerous medical pathways that are life-changing and irreversible.
This is one of the most illiberal and intrusive bills to come before MPs. It will divide families, poison conversations around the dinner table, ruin relationships and harm the very people it claims to protect.
We cannot let this bill become law.