A ban on gay and transgender “conversion therapy” planned by the UK’s Conservative Party risks making “spiritual guidance” and certain private prayer illegal, a Christian think-tank has warned.
The Christian Institute, a UK-based religious think-tank, has slammed the Conservative Party’s attempt to ban conversion therapy targeting gay and “transgender” individuals, saying that such a ban risks making various religious practices illegal.
Aimed to be passed this year, the ban is one of the latest pro-transgender and LGBT moves by the Tory party, with one senior member of government also recently writing to the Church of England to demand they start conducting gay marriages.
Speaking on the proposed ban, members of the Christian Institute warned that the legislation was being championed by those who dislike mainstream Christian theology and, if passed, would…