Praying shouldn't be a crime.

What does the Government mean by ‘conversion therapy’?

The Government says it’s going to ban it, but hasn’t really said what ‘it’ is.

‘Conversion therapy’ is a wide umbrella term chosen by LGBT campaigners. It covers grotesque illegal assaults such as 'corrective rape' and abusive quack medical practices like electric shock 'therapy'. But the campaigners want to go much further.

They want to stop people advocating biblical sexual ethics. A conversion therapy ban could hand them a veto on the ordinary work of churches. Things like preaching, pastoral care and prayer. Parenting could also be caught.

It shouldn’t be illegal for Christians to teach their faith, or for people to pray for their friends.