The government’s decision to ban conversion therapy for all except transgender people has dismayed campaigners on all sides of the Christian divide. In this Religion Media Centre briefing, conservative evangelicals suggested a ban would limit freedom of belief and might criminalise pastors. LGBT+ campaigners said a ban should apply to all, to protect against abuse, coercion and mental harm. Ruth Peacock hosted this discussion with:
- Rev Canon Sarah Jones, transgender Anglican priest in Charge of St John’s, Cardiff
- Jayne Ozanne, LGBT campaigner
Ruth Wilde, national co-ordinator Inclusive Church - Rev Jarel Robinson-Brown, vice chair of OneBodyOneFaith
- Simon Calvert, Deputy Director Public Affairs at The Christian Institute
- Rev Dr Matthew Roberts, Minister of Trinity Church York
- Rev Dr Helen Hall, Associate Professor Nottingham Law School
- Tim Wyatt, religion journalist
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Report: The conversion therapy debate: abuse or ‘gentle’ persuasion?
“The orthodox Christian teaching may not be fashionable, but it’s not abuse. And you can’t outlaw it”
– Simon Calvert, deputy director of the Christian Institute
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