The Westminster Government has released a new ‘easy read’ guide to its conversion therapy consultation. The announcement was made at the same time as an eight-week extension of the consultation was confirmed. The climbdown over the hurried timescale was forced after campaign group Fair Play For Women threatened judicial review. They said that the ‘easy… Continue reading Government release ‘easy read’ guide to conversion therapy consultation
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8 week extension to conversion therapy consultation announced
The Government has confirmed that it is extending its conversion therapy consultation by eight weeks. The consultation will now run until 4 February 2022. Last month we raised concerns about the shortness of the consultation, which was originally set to run for just six weeks. Since then, the bungled roll-out of an ‘easy read’ version… Continue reading 8 week extension to conversion therapy consultation announced
‘Extend conversion therapy consultation’ says church campaign
The Let Us Pray campaign has called on the UK Government to follow normal protocol and allow its consultation on conversion therapy to run for 12 weeks, instead of the current truncated six week deadline. Their call echoes concerns raised by former No.10 adviser Nikki da Costa and Conservative Peer Baroness Jenkin of Kennington. Let… Continue reading ‘Extend conversion therapy consultation’ says church campaign
Evangelical Times: ‘tracking systems to monitor pastors’
The Evangelical Times has reported that some lawyers want ‘tracking systems’ to “monitor pastors who do ‘conversion therapy’”. The report was reflecting on the contents of the ‘Cooper Report’, which asks the Government to bring forward a very broad ban on conversion therapy. Produced for the Ozanne Foundation, the Cooper Report was co-signed by leaders of… Continue reading Evangelical Times: ‘tracking systems to monitor pastors’
Activists: ‘Conversion therapy ban should affirm LGBT theology’
Scotland’s Equalities Committee (EHRCJ) is in the process of taking evidence on a conversion therapy ban. Today the committee chose to hear from faith groups which support a broad ban, including Ban Conversion Therapy Coalition Chair, Jayne Ozanne, alongside two members of the United Reformed Church and a representative from Quakers in Scotland. The committee… Continue reading Activists: ‘Conversion therapy ban should affirm LGBT theology’
How to respond to the UK Government consultation on conversion therapy
Our guide to the conversion therapy consultation is here! Click on the image below to download the Let Us Pray guide to responding to the UK consultation on conversion therapy We’d like to ask you to do three things: 1. Pray2. Respond to the consultation3. Forward a link to this page to Christian friends who share… Continue reading How to respond to the UK Government consultation on conversion therapy
The Pernicious Power of Prayer
These activists from the aggressively liberal wing of the church want laws – criminal laws no less – to punish those who hold different views from them.
Criminalising Christians
This article first appeared in The Critic on 30 October 2021 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… Continue reading Criminalising Christians
The Govt must now deliver on its pledge not to ban prayer
“The devil will be in the detail”: Simon Calvert sets out the good and bad of the Government’s consultation on banning ‘conversion therapy’.
Activists demand repressive prayer ban as UK Govt says prayer and religious teaching “will not constitute conversion therapy”
A Government consultation paper on banning conversion therapy, released in the last hour, repeatedly pledges to protect religious freedom, frustrating activists who are lobbying for a repressive anti-religious ban. Let Us Pray welcomed the pledge, but warned that the proposals are confusing and lack detail. The consultation document states: The policy approach set out below… Continue reading Activists demand repressive prayer ban as UK Govt says prayer and religious teaching “will not constitute conversion therapy”