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Conversion therapy bill is 'badly drafted'

Conversion therapy bill is 'badly drafted'

Simon Calvert
Simon Calvert

The Westminster Government first pledged to criminalise so-called "conversion therapy" in 2018 under Theresa May.

It was a knee-jerk response to activists making unverified claims of grim abuses they alleged were taking place in churches. But the Conservatives came to realise that the evidence base didn’t stack up. They also couldn’t legally define the bogeyman conjured up by activists.

EU to squeeze Christians

Simon Calvert
Simon Calvert

The European Union (EU) is trying to introduce a new law which could see many of the current threats to Christian liberty in the UK made even worse.

If passed, the new Directive — a law setting out minimum standards for all EU countries to comply with — will outlaw discrimination on grounds including sexual orientation and religion in the provision of goods and services.