Tag: conversion therapy bill

Biden Issues Executive Order Seeking to Restrict LGBT ‘Conversion Therapy’

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that seeks to address conversion therapy, a practice that attempts to change an individual’s sexual orientation from homosexual or bisexual to heterosexual or their gender identity from transgender to cisgender using either physical, psychological, or spiritual tactics. The order asks the United States Department of Health and…


Fears That Conversion Therapy Ban Could Criminalise Christian Prayer

Some British church leaders are concerned that the UK government’s plans to press ahead with a ban on so-called conversion therapy could effectively criminalise prayer. The proposed legislation will mean therapy to attempt to change people’s sexuality will be banned, and introduce a new criminal offence alongside sentence uplifts for existing ones. On Thursday the…


Conversion Therapy Bill Passed In House, Senate Without Debate or Study

News Analysis The Liberals’ conversion therapy bill was fast-tracked in the Senate on Dec. 7, avoiding amendments, debate, and committee study, just as it did in the House of Commons on Dec. 1. In the previous Parliament, some Conservative MPs argued for amendments to a similar bill that would provide better protection for parents, school…


Canada’s Religious Freedom in Decline, Says Former Ambassador for Religious Freedom

As Canada’s first and only religious freedom ambassador, Andrew Bennett spoke out for the persecuted faithful in China and Iran as well as other countries notorious for suppressing freedom of belief.  Fortunately, Canadians are not subjected to religious persecution, but Bennett nevertheless warns that there’s been a gradual erosion of religious freedom in Canada that…