Posted on 04/24/2021 10:06:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Lawmakers in Britain and Australia have moved to ban “conversion therapy,” supporting laws that may criminalize everyday practices common to Christian churches around the world. While LGBT activists — and most Christians — have rightly condemned the historic abuses of “conversion therapy” in the past, modern sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE) involve patient-directed talk therapy, not “shock therapy,” and the laws in Britain and Australia may criminalize preaching, counseling, and even prayer.
Some activists and lawmakers in Britain have vocally demanded nothing less. One activist called for legal attempts to “deal with” the “pernicious power of prayer.” A member of Parliament in the Labour Party condemned protections for pastoral support as a “loophole” that would allow “conversion therapy” to continue. The LGBT group Stonewall also condemned any such “loophole.”
How do “conversion therapy” bans restrict everyday church practices? These laws forbid any attempts to “change” a person’s sexual orientation. If a Christian experiences unwanted same-sex attraction, and a pastor preaches the Bible passages forbidding homosexual activity, that may be considered “conversion therapy.” If a pastor counsels that Christian to abstain from sex until he or she enters a Christian marriage between one man and one woman, that may be considered “conversion therapy.”
If the pastor prays for this troubled same-sex attracted Christian, asking God to preserve him or her from sin, that may be considered “conversion therapy.”
Peter Lynas, the UK director of the Evangelical Alliance (EA), wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, warning that the conversion therapy ban Johnson supports in Parliament may criminalize everyday church practices.
“Proposals to end conversion therapy not only put at risk the individual freedom of people who are attracted to those of the same sex, but they also place religious freedom in jeopardy,” Lynas warned.
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Homofascists are rabidly anti-Christian.
When they claim they are for “Human Rights” they wholesale oppose RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS.
Their mental problems (and yes, it’s a problem) seems to have a positive feedback loop that is causing them to circle in ever tighter circles until they will inevitably fly up their very own Obamaholes.
LOL ... no guessing who is their father ...
why would atheists be concerned about prayer?
Democrats will criminalize Christianity.
It is coming.
Their father can’t wait for them to share his misery...
John 8:44-47
44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
46 Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
“Matthew Hyndman, co-founder of the group Ban Conversion Therapy”
There we go.
>>why would atheists be concerned about prayer?<<
b/c 99% of atheists really believe in God. They just hate Him.
And why would they acknowledge the fact that there is power in prayer?
It says something, doesn’t it?
Listening to liberals will make you believe in satan.
>>And why would they acknowledge the fact that there is power in prayer?
It says something, doesn’t it?<<
Cancel culture.
But they do not know they are trying to put out the sun with their finger.
And so is the anti-Christ.
Yes. The pernicious power of self determination.
Of living our lives worshiping as we see fit. They cannot live knowing we are beyond their control.
It is already here. It just has not manifested itself fully as of yet. If one desires, one can see preliminary steps being taken now.
How many “young men” has be counseled to “try” homosexual sodomy
The Restrainer Who has made the spreading of the gospel possible WITHOUT competition from satan’s all sighns and lying wonders will soon be taken out of the way. THEN, Katy bar the door. ... But we who are in Christ will be outta here then.
Be grateful to our founders. No one can legalize any claim that something is or is not ordained by God, or that opposition to something is or is not ordained by God. They made sure of that. They were so brilliant they saw all the way to 2021, when prayer would be practically the only thing left to us and others would try to outlaw it.
Bingo!
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