SNP could extend hate crime laws to offer trans people more protection

Apr 10, 2024 by

by Daniel Sanderson, Telegraph: Scottish Government proposing new legal provisions to make it easier to prosecute those who engage in ‘conversion practices’. SNP ministers are planning to extend Scotland’s controversial hate crime laws to...

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Scottish Govt will land itself in court over new conversion practices law

Apr 6, 2024 by

from The Christian Institute: The Scottish Government faces a legal battle in its controversial bid to outlaw so-called conversion practices, The Christian Institute has warned. As the public consultation on the plans closed, Institute...

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Scotland’s Proposed Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’

Apr 3, 2024 by

By Rollin Grams, Bible and Mission. According to a report from Christian Today (30 March, 2024), Scotland’s government is seeking to ban so-called ‘conversion therapy’: The Scottish government says it wants to protect...

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Conversion Therapy Ban of Religious Activities Looms in the British Isles

Mar 19, 2024 by

by Rick Plasterer, Juicy Ecumenism: Earlier articles by this writer have highlighted the threat of so-called “conversion therapy” laws, that prohibit counseling against homosexuality and transgenderism. People often do not understand that...

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The “conversion therapy” ban still makes for bad law

Mar 12, 2024 by

by Michael Foran, Artillery Row: Recent amendments have failed to answer serious concerns about its implications. The Government’s deliberations on whether to legislate against conversion practices have been rumbling on for years, and it...

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Conversion Therapy: ‘Signs are not good’

Mar 2, 2024 by

by Nicola Laver, Evangelicals Now: The Scottish Government is consulting on a far-reaching ‘conversion therapy’ ban on ‘any effort to change, suppress or inhibit a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity’. The proposals include a...

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