from Christian Today
The Christian Institute (CI) has called on the British government to abandon its attempts to pass a law against so-called ‘conversion therapy’, stating that any such law would either be unworkable and could end up criminalising medical professionals.
In a report submitted to the government, the CI said that existing laws are sufficient to deal with genuine cases of abuse or coercion, and that demands for a new specific law are motivated by activism rather than a genuine concern for victims.
The CI noted that the kind of law that LGBT activists have demanded would involve criminalising parents, doctors and religious leaders simply for having conversations or praying with or for a person.
According to the report, “They [LGBT activists] don’t want a traditional criminal law to prevent objectively abusive behaviour. Instead, they want a broad ‘speech crime’ law to catch the everyday activities of church leaders and parents who do not affirm LGBTQ ideology.”
By agreeing to these demands while also expressing a desire to uphold the right to religious freedom and for families to have open discussions, the government has created an impossible task for itself, the CI suggests.