Posted on 06/10/2021 5:57:23 PM PDT by marshmallow
David Walker says faith leaders should face full force of law if they don’t comply with proposed ban
Faith leaders should face prosecution if they fail to comply with the government’s promised ban on so-called gay conversion practices, a senior bishop in the Church of England has said.
David Walker, the bishop of Manchester, told the Guardian: “Where activity has harmed someone, the person who has caused the harm should face prosecution.” That activity should include prayer aimed at changing someone’s sexual orientation, he added.
He said he was not referring to “gentle, non-coercive prayer, but where there is a level of power imbalance and a level of force”.
The government announced in the Queen’s speech last month that it would hold a consultation on conversion practices before bringing forward legislation on a ban. Campaigners have said the government’s stated intention to ensure that religious freedom and freedom of speech are upheld could lead to loopholes.
The Evangelical Alliance opposes a ban, saying it would put “ministers in jeopardy when they preach, and church members at risk when they pray for each other”.
Walker said: “If I was to stand up on a soapbox and start spewing out hate speech, the fact that I might begin by saying ‘dear God’ and end by saying ‘Amen’ wouldn’t protect me from the full force of the law.”
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conversion which way?
There are teachers and “mentors” and others grooming and converting and telling students “This will be our secret” “we won’t tell your parents”.
They can even get hormonal treatments without parental consent.
If gender is fluid
Who are they to say people can’t convert back, or to something else again?
One cannot change their mind anymore?
You let them only change once?
Who are you to say they can only be one way? Since when are the deciders of someone else’s sexuality? They are not even following their rules about gender fluidity.
Hypocrisy is the cornerstone of liberalism. <-— I already have my tagline, but someone can use that, give me a shout out for it if you use it.
Atheists masquerading as Christians.
David Walker is coming!!!
I thought this was a free country. Why have we allowed this?
The difference in the USA is we have no established church, but our ruling class sees it the same way and uses religion too.
“Gay conversion” works. Thousands have been cured. Like “gay conversion” or fear it, gay conversion would not be possible if homosexuality was an inborn identity. And that’s why homosexual activists want to criminalize it.
There is no such thing as “a homosexual”. There are only people with egos large enough that they are anxious to invent an identity to cover the fact that they did something wrong.
Homobishop?
Egos large enough - to throw themselves a pride parade?
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