All Conversion Therapy articles
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OpinionWhy a ban on conversion practices poses a threat to Christian freedoms
Last week, the government announced that forthcoming proposals on banning conversion therapy would now include gender identity as well as sexual orientation. Danny Webster unpicks the twists and turns along the journey so far, and explains his concerns for the Church
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OpinionWhatever your views on gender and sexuality, Christians must listen to one another
Taking sides without properly listening to the arguments that don’t match our own may be the undoing of us, says George Pitcher. Stop your ears at your peril
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OpinionThe 4 biggest issues facing the Church in 2023
Contested cultural moments can provide great opportunities for a Church that bears a message of good news, says Peter Lynas
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OpinionThe Scottish conversion therapy ban would criminalise prayers and sermons. It must be dropped
The Scottish government’s proposed new law suggests that teaching the importance of marriage is akin to conversion therapy. It breaches multiple human rights and is simply not necessary, says Simon Calvert
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OpinionUnbiblical ideas are everywhere but Christians are shrinking back in silence. Our church leaders must be bolder
Schools are teaching children dangerous ideas from a young age and extreme laws around gender are being passed in Scotland, argues Graham Nicholls. He believes church leaders need to be much more courageous when it comes to teaching on sexual ethics
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OpinionIf the Government gets its conversion therapy ban wrong, mainstream Christianity would become illegal
The sexual ethic of abstinence outside of marriage, is no less essential to mainstream, orthodox Christianity than Kosher food is to Judaism, argues Matthew Roberts.
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OpinionWhat’s the problem with banning conversion therapy?
Praying for a gay Christian teenager who says they do not want to engage in sexual activity, could become a crime if some definitions of conversion therapy are adopted by the government, says the Evangelical Alliance’s Peter Lynas
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OpinionI’m a gay Christian. Here’s why banning conversion therapy won’t protect LGBT people
Changing the law will remove support for those who wish to live out the traditional Christian understanding of sexuality and marriage, says’ Andrew Bunt
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InterviewsJayne Ozanne: The Christian campaigner explains why she wants to ban ‘hate prayer’
The Chair of Ban Conversion Therapy tells us why harmful prayer “must be banned, and will be banned”
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OpinionWhy Christians should oppose a ‘gay conversion therapy’ ban
Pastoral ministry is a private consensual conversation, but activists are seeking to criminalise it, says the chief executive of Christian Concern
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OpinionCampaigners want to ban ‘non-affirming’ prayers for gay people. Here’s why that would be disastrous for Christian freedom
If prayer is banned, the Christian Institute say they’ll take the Government to court.
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OpinionOxford University apologised for hosting a Christian event. But was it really an attack on religious freedom?
Protecting free speech in universities is crucial, says Cambridge lecturer Gemma Simmonds. But while Christians still have the right to preach the gospel, they’d do well to remember Jesus’ overriding law of love
