Labour confirms plans to ban ‘conversion therapy’

21 July 2024

Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer MP, UK Prime Minister

Labour has confirmed it will proceed with its pledged ‘trans-inclusive’ ban on ‘conversion therapy’ and ‘conversion practices’.

Announcing that work has begun on a ban, Sir Keir Starmer said it was ‘a promise that has lingered in the lobby of good intentions for far too long’.

While the specifics of the ban remain unclear, it is important to note that harmful physical ‘conversion practices’ do not happen in the UK and are already illegal.

Therefore, any ban on ‘conversion practices’ would primarily impact free speech, including consensual conversations, counselling, and even prayer.

The Bible says,
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

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What is ‘conversion therapy’?

No one can define ‘gay conversion therapy’ or say where it is happening. Electric shock therapy hasn’t been offered here for fifty years, so is it just people chatting to one another?

Is it prayer and ministry for those who want to be free of same-sex desires? Is it explaining to a girl that climbing trees does not make you a boy?

Labour to finally ban puberty blockers

THe Equality Act allowed King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to paint this 'Progress Pride' abomination on a walkway at their Princess Royal Hospital, Orpington. — NHS is pro-trans: The Equality Act allowed King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to paint this ‘Progress Pride’ abomination on a walkway at their Princess Royal Hospital, Orpington.

The Labour Party has adopted a stricter stance on transgender issues, with the ban on puberty blockers potentially being made permanent, according to the Telegraph.

Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, plans to prevent powerful hormone blockers from being given to children by any means, pending the outcome of a legal hearing.

Laws to ban the provision of these blockers to children by private or off-shore clinics were enacted by his predecessor, Victoria Atkins, through emergency legislation before the general election.

However, these laws are set to expire on September 3, requiring the new Government to decide on making the ban permanent. It is understood that Labour will now seek to renew the ban with the intention of making it permanent.

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It took Dr. Cass’s review?

It is ridiculous to think that it took the Cass review to draw leaders attention to the dangers of injecting children with ‘hormone blockers’.

Health Secretary, Wesley Paul William Streeting.

Health Secretary, Streeting said he would ‘always put the safety of children first’, adding: ‘Our approach will continue to be informed by Dr Cass’s review, which found there was insufficient evidence to show puberty blockers were safe for under-18s.

‘This ban brings the private sector in line with the NHS. We are committed to providing young people with the evidence-led care that they deserve.’

Meanwhile, JK Rowling backed the move in a number of posts on X, formerly Twitter, citing studies detailing reported negative effects of puberty blockers and praising Mr Streeting for doing the ‘right’ thing.

It comes after criticism of the party for its stance on women’s rights.

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Cass’s review does not mean a complete ban?

MPs have criticised Heath secretary’s support for the ban of puberty blockers.

Stella Creasy, the Walthamstow MP, said while the review published earlier this year by the paediatrician Dr Hilary Cass recommended caution, this did not mean a complete ban.

Backbencher, Kim Johnson, who described the ban as ‘very concerning’.

‘Labour’s manifesto promised to ‘remove indignities for trans people who deserve recognition & acceptance’ – this entails ending the ban on puberty blockers,’ the MP for Liverpool Riverside said on X. ‘I will always stand with trans youth.’

However, there was backing for Streeting from the Labour MP, Rosie Duffield, who has said in the past that she felt ostracised by the party because of her views on gender reforms.

Labour’s stance on ‘LGBT’ issues

The UK government is under the leadership of a man who is unsure about the definition of a woman.

Sir Keir Starmer previously said for ‘99.9 per cent of women’ their womanhood is ‘completely biological’, before changing his perspective to match former prime minster Sunak’s viewpoint and saying a woman is an ‘adult female’.

Meanwhile, the government has been on the fence about gender. They are neither following the Bible or biology. Therefore, It is safe to assert that puberty blockers is part of ‘trans’ agenda.

Meanwhile, the government has been on the fence about ‘gender ideologies’. They are neither following the Biible or biology.

It might be worth mentioning that puberty blockers is part of ‘trans’ agenda.

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Scots protect abortion as churches close

Makeda

25 June 2024

100 Scottish churches are up for sale.

Meanwhile, the Scottish Parliament is protecting abortionists with ‘buffer zones’.

While the Telegraph reports: ‘Nearly 70pc of Christians in Scotland have experienced prejudice’.

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Centuries of history

The Church of Scotland is parting with centuries of history, selling off places of worship for what is described as a drastic ‘decline in both worshippers and ministers.’

Churches, plots of land and former council houses, some dating back to the 1700s, have been listed for sale at prices ranging from £35,000 in what the Church say is a ‘painful’ move.

The institution said financial pressures forced it to make ‘difficult’ decisions on its future, adding it now owns ‘far more [churches] than is required’.

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Buildings ‘must not hinder progress’

A Church of Scotland spokesman said: ‘We understand fully the wide range of emotions – anger, guilt, sorrow and relief that the burden of trying to keep a place of worship open with few people and little, if any contribution from other community sources, has finally been lifted.

‘The Church owns thousands of properties, far more than required to achieve our primary mission of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.

‘It is going through a transformation and it is essential that the Church is properly equipped to be fit for purpose in the 21st century. Although buildings are cherished, they must not hinder progress.’

Progress or decline?

The BBC reports on the Kirk’s decline: ‘According to 2021 numbers, the church has 283,600 members – down from a peak of 1.3 million in the late 1950s.

About 60,000 worship in person on a Sunday – down from 88,000 pre-Covid. About 45,000 people now worship online and 8,275 in “other ways”.

Each church averages just one wedding and one baptism per year – about 1,200 in total. There were 50,000 per year in the late 1950s.

There were 430 professions of faith in 2021 (sometimes referred to as confirmation) compared with 40,000 at the peak of new members in the 1930s. The average age of those attending church is 62.

An Imam from Florida, Muhammad Musri, has spoken gleefully of a decline in Christian worship and announced a Muslim campaign to buy churches and convert them into mosques. ‘(We) turn their churches into mosques, and their schools into Islamic schools, and bring the light of Islam to here,’ he said in a recent video on Memri TV. That could easily become the fate of some of the churches for sale in Scotland.

‘Buffer zones’ to stifle free speech

The author preaching outside British Pregnancy Advisory Services (BPAS) abortion facility in Twickenham on 7th February 2023

At the same time, MSPs in the Scottish Parliament have passed the most extreme censorship zones near abortion clinics in what pro-life campaigners say is to stifle free speech.

The legislation would prevent any protests or vigils taking place within 200m (656ft) of 30 clinics offering abortion services.

The Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill, tabled by Scottish Green MSP Gillian Mackay, passed by 123 votes to one. Voting record HERE.

Voting for the Bill and for the commercial enterprises making money from death were 61 SNP MSP’s, 28 Conservatives (3 did not vote at all: Jeremy Balfour, Murdo Fraser and Stephen Kerr), all 22 Labour, all 7 Greens, all 4 Liberal Democrats and the Alba Party’s Ash Regan. Only John Mason (SNP) voted against.

It appears the few pro-life MSPs said the bill could infringe on freedom of expression, religion and assembly. They wanted exclusions for silent prayer. The Bill’s sponsor acknowledged the concerns, only to dismiss them.

The Bible says,
Prov 25:5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Access to healthcare or murder?

In her speech, Gillian Mackay came out with all the usual pro-abortion spin. She said everyone ‘should be able to access healthcare with dignity and free of harassment’.

She said: ‘For far too long women and health care staff have been forced to run a gauntlet of intimidation, judgment and fear in order to access or deliver treatment at what can often be the most emotional of times.

No MSP asked, if this is mere ‘healthcare’, why is it so ‘emotional’? What other healthcare leaves women feeling emotional and filled with remorse?

She said: ‘No protester and no group should be allowed to tell women what they are or are not allowed to do with their body. This should be their choice, their privacy, and their decision.’

No MSP asked: ‘Since when was a baby growing in the womb part of that woman’s body?’ Crucially, not one MSP asked Gillian Mackay: ‘What species were you when you were growing in your mother’s womb?’

The psalmist says that was ‘Me’ in there, not part of his mother:
Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

‘Peaceful pro-life people’ become criminals

A spokeswoman for Care for Scotland said: ‘The police are already empowered to deal with any incidents of abuse or harassment that occur under existing, well-balanced laws.

‘Police data shows that pro-life activities do not involve the ‘harassment’ some campaigners claim is taking place. Some have wrongly sought to other and problematise peaceful pro-life people who offer support to women.

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Which way Britain?

The United Kingdom now ranks among the least religious nations in the world.

Brits are now among the least likely internationally to believe in God, following a long-term decline in belief since the 1980s, according to a new study.

The research, led by the Policy Institute at King’s College London, also finds that the share of the population who say God is not important in their life is at a record high, having doubled compared with four decades ago.

Belief in heaven has decreased over the same period, but belief in life after death and hell has remained stable, with younger generations more inclined to believe in both – despite being less religious generally.

The Bible says,
Matthew 24:10-12 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many…And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

The British built the first church in Nigeria and built another right on top of the slave market in Zanzibar. We spread Christianity across our former colonies. Now we are abandoning the faith and advancing the causes of abortion and sodomy at home and abroad instead. Our love of truth and righteousness, indeed of the Gospel itself, has grown cold. How far we have fallen.

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Welsh school criticised for Christian ethos

Makeda

21 June 2024

Daniel Owen, Head teacher at Llanidloes High School

A school in Wales is being criticised and investigated for promoting evangelical Christianity to its pupils.

The National Secular Society (NSS) has expressed discomfort over Daniel Owen, the headteacher at Llanidloes High School in Powys, for using school resources to teach children the way of the Lord.

Mr. Owen is accused of directing pupils to the evangelistic ‘Alpha’ Christian course.

‘Promoting Creationism’

The BBC reports that the school is also ‘promoting creationism’ with wall displays showing marine life and the solar system beneath lines from the Bible such as:

Psa 111:2 The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.

Teaching creationism as a scientific theory is banned in England, but not prohibited in schools in Wales. The NSS is calling for a ban on teaching creationism in schools in Wales, claiming ‘it undermines teaching about evidence-based theories such as evolution’, as if the theory of creation had no evidence to support it, or that ‘evolution’ was watertight.

Secularists worried by Bible

Photographs of school planners given to pupils reveal an advice page titled “Help in Time of Need,” featuring sections on suicide, sex, and abuse.

The NSS are worried the page contains references Bible verses, including guidance for children to “flee from sexual immorality,” avoid “the evil desires of youth,” and cautioning that looking at women “lustfully” equates to having “committed adultery” in their heart.

The Bible says,
2 Timothy 2:22 Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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Teach gender ideologies not Christian values?

The criticism of the headteacher at Llanidloes High School raises the question: Why is it permissible to teach gender ideologies in schools but not Christian values?

Across the UK, schools have made gender ideologies the order of the day under the ‘Comprehensive Sex Education scheme’.

Children are being exposed to age-inappropriate content and taught questionable values, yet the teaching of Christian virtue is being criticised.

That is far from being ‘inclusive’ or ‘representative of diverse perspectives’. It favours a godless secularist ideology, which is, lest we forget, a pseudo-religious viewpoint.

The Bible says,
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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Children centre of woke agenda

Children have increasingly become the focal point of gender ideologies in education. This shift is evident in practices ranging from teachers discussing the existence of more than two genders to encouraging children to explore ‘diverse identities’. Currently, in the UK’s general election campaigning, it is unclear whether the Labour Party will, if it forms the next government, carry through with the Conservatives’ proposed ban on gender ideology. It’s education spokeswoman, Bridget Phillipson, said the guidance would be reviewed.

She has also said that ‘Trans women’ with male genitalia could use female lavatories under Labour’s plans to make gender change easier.

Additionally, the emergence of ‘drag queen story hour’ has sparked debate among parents and educators. One commentator asked: Why are children always at the centre of this agenda? Why do ‘drag queens’ never want to read stories to the elderly?

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The rise of homeschooling in the UK

Meanwhile, many parents are reported to have lost confidence in their children’s schools. A growing number of parents are choosing homeschooling as a way to regain oversight of what their children are taught. However, Labour appear to want a register of home-schooled children, the first step to interfering in what they are taught.

Homeschooling in the UK has seen a notable increase in recent years, according to a Savanta poll for CARE.

Many parents are citing concerns over the school curriculum as a primary reason for this choice, particularly concerning topics around gender and sexuality. The Savanta poll also suggests 4 in 10 parents have not been consulted on the content of lessons, despite this being a legal requirement.

Key findings of the poll

The Savanta Poll revealed that 41% of parents reported their schools use third-party organizations to deliver part of their RSE curriculum, affecting approximately 3.5 million children out of 8 million students in England.

Additionally, 44% of parents who requested to view the RSE materials taught to their children had their requests denied. Concerns about the RSE content are prevalent, with 46% of parents expressing some form of apprehension about what their children are being taught.

Furthermore, 52% of parents are unsure if their child would feel free from judegment when expressing views in RSE classes that differ from what is being taught. Despite statutory requirements, 36% of parents reported never being consulted on the content of their child’s RSE curriculum, with an additional 4% unsure if they had been consulted.

A BBC investigation also found the number of children moving to home education in the UK is at its highest level since the pandemic.

Councils received almost 50,000 notifications in the last academic year from families wanting to take their children out of school. This does not include children already being home educated.

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Homeschooling increase in Scotland

In Scotland, there has been a significant rise in the number of parents choosing to homeschool their children due to concerns about falling educational standards and increasing classroom violence.

Data from Scottish councils indicates that over 2,200 children are now receiving education at home, representing a 40% increase in the last two years. This figure has more than doubled over the past seven years.

While homeschooling has become more common throughout the UK since the pandemic, critics suggest that the more pronounced rise in Scotland reflects a growing dissatisfaction with the state education system.

The new figures, from 30 of Scotland’s 32 councils, show that the number of pupils being homeschooled stood at 2,222 in the current academic year, up from 1,880 in 2022-23 and 1,591 in 2021-22.

‘It is of course the right of any family to choose to homeschool their child,” said Liam Kerr, the education spokesman for the Scottish Tories.’ But the rise in numbers here hardly reflects well on the SNP’s running of our schooling system.

‘We know in recent years that violence has increased, that standards have fallen, and that teaching career prospects are increasingly bleak.’

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Parental concerns over LGBT ideologies

Parents’ concerns about losing influence over their children’s upbringing due to ‘LGBT’ ideologies in schools are also contributing to the homeschooling trend. For instance, a study by Policy Exchange found that a majority of parents are uncomfortable with the extent of gender ideology being taught in schools, fearing it undermines their values and parental authority.

Moreover, cases where schools have introduced controversial content without consulting parents have further fuelled these concerns. Many parents have voiced concerns about age-inappropriate content which they say infringes on their right to guide their children’s moral and ethical development.

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Liberal Democrats: Christianity now a crime?

Makeda

16 May 2024

The Liberal Democrats have been accused of deselecting a candidate due to his Christian faith, breaching equality law.

Party members have reported the issue to the equalities watchdog, claiming that the party has tolerated a ‘hostile environment’ for people of faith, failed to investigate serious allegations of discrimination and harassment, and ’emboldened those who believe Christians should be driven out of public life’.

Meanwhile, the Liberal Democrats have insisted it is easy to be a Christian in their party, despite David Campanale alleging he was ousted for his faith.

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David Campanale’s deselection

David Campanale was the party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for the south London constituency of Sutton & Cheam until he was deselected, owing to his Christian faith.

His opponents allege that he has connections to the Christian People’s Alliance (CPA), a group opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage.

Mr. Campanale, however, states he left the CPA over 12 years ago and suggests the campaign against him has hidden aims to secularise the LibDem party.

He asserts that in November 2022, he was subjected to derogatory remarks like ‘Christian nutter’ by party opponents, faced direct harassment and hostility and was told by local party members, ‘we do not recognise your right to have a conscience’ following a discussion on abortion.

He asserts that in November 2022, he was subjected to derogatory remarks like ‘Christian nutter’ by party opponents and faced direct harassment.

The prolonged period of hostility began after Campanale indicated his intention, if elected, to vote according to his conscience on non-whipped votes such as pro-life issues and was told by local party members, ‘we do not recognise your right to have a conscience’ following a discussion on abortion.

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‘Breaches of equality law’

Activists also complained about the former journalist’s previous involvement with the Christian Peoples Alliance political party, and claimed he had not disclosed his Christian faith during the selection process, which he denies.

In a letter to the EHRC, Campanale’s supporters called for an independent investigation into “multiple alleged breaches of equality law and our party constitution”.

They wrote: ‘This evidence depicts a supposedly liberal organisation allowing clear religious discrimination and hostility to thrive within its ranks.

‘It suggests that Mr Campanale was driven out from his democratically elected position not because of any objective failings or wrongdoing but because a vocal group within SBLD [Sutton Borough Liberal Democrats] refused to tolerate his Christian worldview.’

The Bible says,
Matthew 10:22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

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Attack on Christianity not coincidental

The attack on Mr Campanale’s Christianity is not an isolated incident. Similar intolerance has been shown within the party before. Rob Flello, a former Labour MP, faced criticism and deselection within 36 hours as a LibDem candidate in Stoke-on-Trent South due to his socially conservative views as a Roman Catholic.

Tim Farron, a former LibDem leader, faced media scrutiny and later resigned rather than give up his evangelical Christian beliefs.

In Scotland, Scottish National Party Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has faced criticism for her evangelical Christian beliefs. She married Alasdair “Ali” MacLennan in July 2021. Mrs MacLennan is a member of the Free Church of Scotland and opposed same-sex ‘marriage’, abortion and Nicola Sturgeon’s Gender Recognition Bill.

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Muslims welcome in the Green Party

However, intolerance to religious views doesn’t seem to apply equally across the faith spectrum. The Green Party has selected numerous Muslim candidates for local council seats, despite their opposition to abortion (for Muslim women), homosexuality (for Muslim men, in theory) and transgenderism (for Muslim children).

When Mothin Ali, a Green Party candidate, won a council seat in Leeds, his religious outburst of the Muslim war-cry and his pro-Gaza statements on election night were met with excuses rather than criticism. That is because the Green Party, in common with the anti-Christian left, opposes the existence of the State of Israel.

The Bible says,
Proverbs 28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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Pastor supports primary school ‘gay champions’

Makeda

25 April 2024

A church minister, a university professor and the Scottish National Party are all supporting Scottish schools in recruiting children to promote homosexuality and transgenderism, Christian Voice can reveal.

Amidst growing concerns, it has come to light that children as young as four are being ‘being recruited to act as ‘LGBT Champions’ and prompted to ask about being ‘gay, lesbian, or transgender’ within educational settings.

Documents seen by the Telegraph show that schools are starting clubs and ‘gender and sexual orientation alliance groups’ for pupils as part of their membership scheme run by the LGBT Youth Scotland. And they are paying the group for their advice on how to corrupt children.

The campaign group also urges head teachers to install gender neutral lavatories and mark Transgender Day of Remembrance, an event critics say is designed to reinforce myths spread by trans activists. See our video:

Episcopalian Church minister involved

Reverend Dean Fostekew, Rector of the Episcopalian Church of the Good Shepherd in Murrayfield, Edinburgh, is a trustee of LGBT Youth Scotland.

Canon Fostekew’s involvement in promoting LGBT schemes within primary schools raises concerns as to the quality of teachings his followers would have.

The Bible says:
Tim 2:3,5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come…Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God…Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

1 Peter 2:17 For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?

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LGBTQ Youth Scotland

A taxpayer-funded pro-sodomy and pro-trans group, LGBT Youth Scotland has devised a 4-year strategy to indoctrinate young people in Scottish Schools.

Their strategy includes; ‘changing lives through youth work, Influencing change through young people’s voices, improving young people’s lives through partnership, and improving young people’s lives through creating inclusive environments’.

Convener of the Board Dr Mhairi Crawford, Chief Executive, and fellow trustee Lewis Shand Smith said: ‘We are excited about the future of this charity with the goal of ensuring we are there for any young person that needs us, in a way that works for them, while working with young people to progress LGBTQ+ rights and opportunities both locally and nationally across Scotland.’

Special needs school going ‘trans-affirming’

Pupils and Staff at Kaimes School (from Twitter @KaimesPE)

In the latest exposure of the activities of LGBT Youth Scotland, it has emerged that a school for severely autistic children has signed up to LGBT Youth Scotland’s transgender ideology.

Kaimes School in Edinburgh, which takes children from age five, stands accused of ‘breathtaking’ recklessness over teaching ‘pseudoscientific’ concepts of biological sex and gender to vulnerable pupils.

The Daily Telegraph reports there is a strong, but as yet poorly understood, link between autism and young people reporting gender identity issues. Studies suggest ‘transgender and gender-diverse individuals’ are up to six times more likely to be autistic. This was reported in the Cass Review, which called for a halt on the ‘affirmation’ approach.

Documents show that Kaimes School has overhauled its curriculum to become ‘trans inclusive’ in a bid to win LGBT Youth Scotland ‘charter status’ from the activist charity, which is still in denial of the Cass Report.

Professor Ian Rivers, School of Education

‘Education for social change’?

In an online video, Dr. Ian Rivers, a ‘gay’ activist and trustee of LGBTQ Youth Scotland, boldly declares his commitment to incorporating ‘LGBT’ content into school teaching materials.

The professor of ‘education for social change’ at the University of Strathclyde, said: ‘We are incorporating LGBT issues into the curriculum. What this involves is the requirement for all schools to incorporate LGBT content into the curriculum, in terms of history and social experiences of LGBTQ people’.

The Bible says,
Psalm 11:3 If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Meanwhile, campaigners express increasing worries that the educational system, intended to foster critical thinking skills, has been utilised by the radical left to promote an anti-American agenda.

‘I worked with kids from ages 3 to 13 and saw the brainwashing that exists at all levels of education’, says former teacher and News Producer Douglas Blair.

‘The left uses a combination of propaganda and suppression to push kids into the ensnaring grip of socialism and anti-patriotism.’

Funding

Page 27 of the 2023 Accounts for LGBT Youth Scotland disclose Scottish Government grants from the CYPFEIF and ALEC Fund, the Equalities and Human Rights Fund, the Delivering Equally Safe Fund, the National Voluntary Youth Organisation Support Fund, the ‘Promoting Equality and Cohesion Fund’ and the ‘Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Fund totalling £447,677.

Other Grants totalling £950,115 came from ‘Scottish Local Authorities’, ‘Trusts and Foundations’ and ‘NHS Organisations’. Altogether, in 2023, LGBT Youth Scotland received £1,397,792 of public money from Scottish taxpayers to corrupt and entrap (some might go so far as to say ‘groom’) young people in Scotland.

Trustees

The trustees of LGBT Youth Scotland are headed by Dr. Mhairi Crawford, a supporter of all things transgender.

Its head of Youth Work, Nicola Booth, previously worked for Childline, part of NSPCC, itself now denounced by a whistle-blower for drinking the Stonewall Kool-Aid.

Meanwhile, trustee Audrey Connolly is best described as a professional lesbian, having worked for Lloyds Bank co-chairing its LGBT Rainbow network.

Trustee Ian Blair says he is a ‘gay man with a husband and two children.’

The Lord Jesus said:
Matt 19:4 Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female.

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‘LGBT grooming of children’

Leftist Bill Maher has criticised the ‘LGBT’ grooming of children.

Although an environmentalist and an atheist with staunchly pro-abortion beliefs, Maher openly acknowledges the moral implications of abortion. He is also beginning to openly question the LGBT agenda.

His first major foray into the issue was in May of 2022, when he aired a segment titled ‘Along for the Pride,’ in which he analysed the huge spike in trans-identifying children and concluded that kids were being groomed.

‘If this spike in trans children is all biological, why is it regional?’ he asked.

Keep in mind that Maher was a devout supporter of ‘same-sex marriage’ and an enthusiastic participant in the sexual revolution. When he notices what’s going on, that means it is very obvious.

On 19th April Bill Maher called out Nickelodeon and Disney for what he described as ‘horrifying record of child abuse’ as revealed in the recent docu-series Quiet on Set.

‘As one of the few people in the public eye who’s gone through life and never had kids, someone has to tell me why am I always having to defend them?’ he asked.

‘I don’t even like kids, but I also think it’s every adult’s job to protect them,’ he added.

Inclusive education?

The Scottish government has fully adopted woke ideologies and is selling these to schools through a scheme called ‘LGBT Inclusive Education Working Group’.

On 19 April 2017 the Scottish Government announced the LGBT Inclusive Education Working Group.

The government claims its purpose is to support schools to take a ‘proactive approach to addressing the stereotypes and stigma experienced by pupils who are LGBT’.

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Police disrupt London street worship

Makeda

9 February 2024

Harmonie London performing on the Oxford street

A special police constable disrupted a street worshiper and claimed that singing gospel songs “outside of church grounds” was not allowed.

Harmonie London filmed and posted an apparent altercation between herself and Maya Hadzhipetkova, Metropolitan Police special constable – a volunteer role.

Ms London regularly performs worship music on Oxford Street in central London.

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The altercation

Special constable Maya Hadzhipetkova disrupting street worship

In the clip posted to Harmonie’s Instagram page, special officer Maya Hadzhipetkova said: ‘No, miss, you’re not allowed to sing church songs outside of church grounds, by the way’.

Ms London responds: ‘You are, you are, you are, but the officer insists that she cannot sing “outside of church grounds” unless you have been authorised by the Church to do these kind of songs’.

Ms London replies: ‘That’s a load of rubbish, you’re allowed’.

The officer then walks away, while another adds: ‘She’s not saying anything any more, thank you for your time.’

The singer continues: ‘Are you saying that you don’t care about the Human Rights Act?’

As the altercation went on, the officer stuck her tongue out at Harmonie as she filmed.

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When will this harassment end?

In recent times, Christians in the UK have encountered persistent harassment while preaching or singing praises to the Lord on the streets.

The incident highlighted above sheds light on the concerning behaviour of the police officer who, instead of protecting lives and properties, chose to mock the gospel by attempting to disrupt a singer’s performance.

This raises concerns about the extent to which Christians may be restricted from practicing their faith in public spaces by police officers with inadequate training in the exercise of basic freedoms.

The Bible says
John 15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

Met Police apologises

The Metropolitan Police have apologised for special constable Maya Hadzhipetkova’s behaviour.

According to the force, Ms Hadzhipetkova should not have told Harmonie London to ‘stop performing church songs outside church grounds’. So why did she?

Met police said: ‘The officer was mistaken in saying church songs cannot be sung outside of church grounds.

‘We’re sorry for the offence caused and will take the learning forward,’ they added.

However, was this absurd altercation stemming from such a ridiculous starting position the result of inadequate training? Alternatively, did the officer receive full training in human rights and ignore it?

On the face of it, for any individual to tell another in a London street that they are not allowed to sing worship songs outside a church unless they have the permission of said church betrays a stunning ignorance of Christian freedom, or any basic kind of freedom in a normal society anywhere on earth.

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Bible in chains after Buffer Zone verdict

Stephen

2 February 2024

Preacher found guilty for holding Bible verse sign in buffer zone.

Stephen Green will appeal his conviction for holding Psalm 139 sign.

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Found guilty

Preacher and Christian campaigner Stephen Green was found guilty on 1st February 2024 of breaching a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) by holding a sign with a Bible verse near an abortion facility in Ealing on 6th February 2023.

Mr Green, National Director of prayer and action group Christian Voice, was found guilty of an offence following his display of a verse from the psalms within the Mattock Lane PSBO zone in Ealing, west London. The verse read:

Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
(‘Reins’ is an old expression for ‘kidneys’ or ‘insides’).

Conditional Discharge

Stephen gave evidence that he was protesting against buffer zones that ban the free proclamation of the Bible rather than abortion itself. However, District Judge Kathryn Verghis, sitting in Uxbridge Magistrates Court, ruled that by holding the sign he was guilty of protesting by ‘engaging in an act of approval/disapproval, with respect to issues related to abortion services’.

Judge Verghis said that although the PSPO curtailed his human rights, it was necessary and proportionate to stop what she, and prosecuting barrister Ellis Sareen, accepted was an entirely peaceful protest by Mr Green. Mr Sareen acknowledged there was no evidence of any ‘service user’ suffering any detriment on the day and that the poster was only ‘an oblique reference’ to abortion.

The judge declined to fine Mr Green, the maximum for the offence being £1000, instead giving him a 12-month conditional discharge. Judge Verghis also ordered the preacher to pay Ealing Council prosecution costs from of £2600, half what they were demanding. Stephen is refusing to pay.

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’Leaves the Bible in chains’

Stephen Green said outside the court: ‘This verdict is a blow against our God-given freedom of speech and our Lord’s express instruction to preach the Gospel. It upholds a local law which prohibits words found in hundreds of verses of the very Bible presented to King Charles at his Coronation on 6th May last year. It leaves the Bible in chains.

‘Buffer zones and this conviction mean that what we can say and what we can display from the Holy Bible are being licenced by the state. I have no choice but to continue to defend myself and fight for justice.

‘People are right to be concerned about the buffer zone legislation. To bar Christian witness and to control what people can say is deeply draconian and particularly discriminatory against Christians, while it appears Muslim protesters can say what they like.

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Appeal lodged

His Majesty King Charles III kisses the Bible at his Coronation in May 2023 before taking the Oath

‘This finding of “guilty” cannot be allowed to stand. It is is a direct attack on the Bible and free speech, There are serious implications for everyone’s freedom to express their religion, our freedom of speech and our freedom of assembly.

At his coronation, the King promised to “Uphold the Laws of God and the True Profession of the Gospel”. No state, especially not the British state, with our Christian constitution, has any authority to prohibit what God has commanded.

‘If someone does not take a stand, those in power will seize more and more of our God-given freedoms. That is why I stood outside Marie Stopes in Ealing and it is why my solicitors have already lodged an appeal to refer the decision to the Crown Court. With the continued help of the Christian Legal Centre, the case can now be heard afresh.’

’None of us is free’

Andrea Williams, Chief Executive of Christian Concern and the Christian Legal Centre commented:

‘Psalm 139 is one of the most well known and beautiful passages in the Bible which points to the hope and comfort of each person being wonderfully made and looked after by God. Hearing a judge say that verses from Psalm 139 are an ‘act of protest’ and to be punished is devastating.

‘The effect of the PSPO is to create an area where Bible verses and prayer are outlawed. If it is now a criminal offence to hold a sign with a Bible verse on it in a London street, then none of us is free.’

Stephen Green was represented in court by Michael Phillips.

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Christian arrested for ‘homophobic’ preaching receives compensation

Makeda

25 January 2024

_methode_times_prod_web_bin_c97c10eb-bdf4-4c64-a0d3-0a9e5d88f3c2 — Man arrested for preaching on the street.

A Christian street preacher has received £5,500 in compensation from Police Scotland for being wrongfully arrested in connection to an unfounded homophobic ‘hate crime’ incident.

Angus Cameron, a former pastor at Cumnock Baptist Church, was detained for over an hour in Glasgow while preaching on Buchanan Street in January 2022.

Additionally, he was awarded £9,400 in legal costs, and he chose to donate the entire amount to the Christian Institute, which supported him throughout the case.

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Victory for free speech

Angus Cameron’s situation is the latest in a series of wins for street preachers.

In July 2016, we reported that Michael Overd was arrested in Broadmead Shopping Center in Bristol. He and his fellow preacher, Mike Stockwell, were accused of ‘religious aggravated public order offence’ in February 2017. The pair were convicted in what we described as a biased magistrates court, and were duly acquitted on appeal to the Crown Court.

In 2019, Oluwole Ilesanmi faced a similar incident in London due to complaints about his preaching. He was arrested on accusations of ‘Islamophobia,’ driven four miles in a police car, then released on the side of the road. He received £2,500 from the Metropolitan Police.

Similarly, in 23rd April 2021, CBN News reported that Pastor John Sherwood was arrested while preaching in an open air in Uxbridge, West London. He was accused of a criminal act for preaching what the word of God teaches about marriage. However, a year later, he was acquitted and cleared of all charges.

As much as there have been a number of wins recorded in the last few years, the battle is not over. It still seems it is easier for the police to arrest a preacher when they receive a complaint rather than to explain the principle of freedom of speech to the complainer. Senior police need to take action to stop this absurdity.

Buffer Zone Challenge

In our own case, Christian Voice National Director, Stephen Green, faced trial in Uxbridge Magistrates Court on Friday 19th January 2024 for displaying a Bible verse outside an abortion facility inside a ‘buffer zone’ in Ealing in London.

Stephen stood with a placard displaying Psalm 139:13, which says, in the King James version presented to King Charles at his coronation in May: Psa 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins (= kidneys, insides): thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

It is forbidden, under an Ealing Council ‘Public Spaces Protection Order’, to demonstrate either for or against abortion in the vicinity of the Marie Stopes abortion centre in Mattock Lane, W5. We say our verse is about human development in the womb, and challenge Ealing to say what relevance it has to abortion. In addition, we say there should be nowhere in the United Kingdom where the Bible may not be read in its entirety. Judge Burgess is expected to give her judgment on Thursday 1st February 2024.

The Bible says,
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. (KJV)

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Buffer Zone trial 19th January 2024 →

Buffer Zone Consultation: How to respond. →

Police Told: Let Preachers Preach →

Bristol preachers acquitted on appeal →

Magistrate who convicted preachers is Freemason →

Street preacher convicted – and now acquitted! →

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READ: Proverbs 11:30; Matthew 9:36–38; Rom 10:14–15; 1 Corin 2:1–5; 2 Corin 5:20; 1 Peter 3:15
PRAY: for Christians across the UK upholding the faith.
Pray for those prosecuted
Pray for street preachers

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Suicide: Family and foster parents at odds over 15-year-old’s funeral arrangements

Makeda

21 January 2024

A dispute has emerged over the funeral arrangements of a 15-year-old boy who reportedly committed suicide on the 4th of January in Glengarnock, Scotland.

The boy, identified as Quinton Isaac, passed away under the care of foster parents, Neil and James Smith.

According to birth mother, Maria Mutadiua, she has been denied access to the funeral proceedings on the request of Samantha her 18-year-old daughter, who has also been under the care of the Smiths since she was four years old.

A council spokeswoman for Glasgow city said: ‘It is not for Social Work to decide who can or can’t attend a funeral.’

The HSCP referred to the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 which stipulates that without an arrangement on death declaration, the nearest relative can arrange for burial or cremation. ‘In this instance HSCP claims that Neil and James Smith have parental rights and responsibility for Quinton.

‘The spokesperson for social service in the Drumchapel area, told Christian Voice, ‘What happened to Quinton is quite unfortunate, and the service is doing everything possible to support Maria at this time.’

‘ Unfortunately, it is not our place to grant or deny access to funeral. But we will continue to offer support in any way we can.

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Birth mother seeks answers

Maria Mutadiua, told Christian Voice, ‘ I was devastated, confused and almost lost my mind when the police called me about Quinton. After taking my son away from me with no intentions to give him back despite all my efforts for 12 years, the one phone call from them about my son is to tell me he is gone?

Maria Mutadiua speaking to Christian Voice in her residence.

‘ I see no reason why i can not have a say as to how my son should be buried, and most importantly being denied access to say goodbye.

‘Neil and James are only foster parents, not adopted parents’.

Ms Mutadiua alleges that Neil and James Smith, are behind the decision to exclude her from the funeral, as her daughter can not act alone. She also alleged that her son died of neglect and abandonment.

‘They abandoned my son during the holidays with strangers to God knows where. My son died without experiencing his mother’s love. I was also told my boy had been trying to commit suicide from the age of twelve. why am i just finding out’?

‘From the suicide note Quinton left behind, it shows that all ‘he wanted was true love, and he did not get it from the Smith’s’.

Maria acknowledged the efforts of the police and social services but has called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances leading up to her son’s death. She is seeking answers as to why social services took her children away from her in the first place. It is difficult to believe that a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old are capable of making decisions not to come back home, Ms Mutadiua added.

“Maria has not directly contacted us”

Meanwhile, Foster parents Neil and James, told Christian Voice that they were not in the best frame of mind to speak on the matter, expressing profound sadness over the news of Quinton’s passing.

‘He was our son and we loved him dearly. All we can say is that Maria had the chance to take flowers to the Morgue and identified his body. How is it possible that we would say no to her attending the funeral?

‘We have seen and read the lies written about us on social media. Unfortunately, Maria has not directly contacted us about this funeral’, they added.

In the meantime, a social media post made by James Smith announces that Late Quinton will be laid to rest on Tuesday, January 23rd. According to the post, everyone is welcome to attend the proceeding. However, given the recommendations by authorities involved, it is still unclear if Maria can attend.

Injustice to motherhood?

Spokesperson for Josephine Oboh-Macleod (JOM) Charity SCIO, Mabel Oboh said, ‘ It is a great injustice to motherhood for any biological mother to be denied access to the funeral of her child.

‘They have told us it is Samantha’s wish that Maria does not attend the funeral, but we want the police, social services and carers to tell us where under the law it says a sibling has the right over a parent.

‘This does not make sense, and that’s why we began a campaign to get justice for Mutadiua. No one wakes up one day and decides to commit suicide. We demand answers.

‘They also said that JOM Charity should stop the ongoing petition for justice for Maria. But Oboh Macleod requested that they write a letter to that effect. The Police has said that their investigation is ongoing as to the cause of death’, She added.

‘As a charity organisation in Scotland, and with the authority to represent Maria on humanitarian grounds, we are advocating for Maria and her other children to be granted the opportunity to pay their last respects’.

Ms. Oboh added that Quinton and Samantha were taken away by social services at the age of two, and four despite lack of reasons involving neglect or abuse or Maria’s consent.

Same sex couples fostering children?

Christian Voice has always maintained that God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve. Therefore the idea of allowing two men act as parents in the first place is completely against the word of God.

The Bible says,
Genesis 2:23-24 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man…Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

In July 2020, a judge ruled that an evangelical Christian fostering service must allow gay parents to sign up as carers. Cornerstone expressed that it would “prayerfully” reflect on the court’s findings.

This followed a 2019 inspection, where Ofsted downgraded Cornerstone from a “good” to a “requires improvement” rating, citing concerns about the charity’s carer recruitment policies.

Mr. Justice Julian Knowles acknowledged the fostering service’s legal allowance to recruit based on its religious ethos. However, he deemed the policy requiring “applicants to refrain from homosexual conduct” as unlawful.

Christians forced to accept sodomy?

In the last couple of years, Christians have been pressured into accepting what the society presents as parenting

In 2011, a Christian couple, Eunice and Owen Johns, lost their high court claim asserting that they faced discrimination from a local authority for maintaining their right to express to young foster children that homosexuality is morally wrong.

In their sixties and with a history of fostering, the Johns contended that Derby City Council discriminated against them due to their Christian beliefs when they declined to affirm the acceptability of a “homosexual lifestyle” to a child.

In a judgement, Lord Justice Munby and Justice Beatson dismissed the claims put forth by the couple’s lawyer, deeming them “a travesty of reality.”

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READ: Gen 18:20-21; Lev 20:13; Judges 19:22; Psalm 111:10; Prov 31:17, 31:25; Eccl 12:13; Isa 1:10; Micah 6:8; Mark 12:30-31; John 14:15; Rom 12:2; 2 Peter 2:6-10
PRAY: for the repeal of woke laws in the UK.
Pray for children in the care of same-sex parents
Pray for the soul of Quinton, and his family.
Pray for Christian parents who refuse to succumb to woke laws.

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Buffer Zone trial 19th January 2024

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13 January 2024

In February 2023, buffer zones around abortion clinics were brought in nationally following an amendment to the Public Order Bill. A Government consultation on implementation ends on 22nd January 2024:

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On Friday 19th January 2024, a Christian preacher faced trial in Uxbridge Magistrates Court at 10am for displaying a Bible verse outside an abortion facility inside a ‘buffer zone’ in Ealing in London.

There was much discussion of the relevance, if any, of a certain Bible verse to abortion! The trial finished quite late, so Judge Burgess decided to think about it and give her judgment on Thursday 1st February at 2pm.

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At a preliminary hearing on Tuesday 17th October 2023, solicitor Robert Smith told the court that Ealing Council’s decision to prosecute Stephen Green infringes his human rights. Mr Smith, defending, told the court: “My client does not accept the charges brought against him. He does not believe his action meets the charges brought.

“In the event that they do, he cites in his defence articles 9, 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 9 is freedom of belief, Article 10 is freedom of expression and Article 11 is freedom of assembly.”

But more than that, the commandments of Jesus Christ himself compel Christians to preach the word.

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Verse from the Psalms

The Christian Voice National Director is being prosecuted by Ealing Council for doing no more than displaying a verse from the Book of Psalms outside MSI Reproductive Choices clinic on 6th Feb 2023.

His sign said: “Psalm 139:13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.”

The campaigner, who is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre, is alleged to have broken a Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) that prohibits “protesting, namely engaging in an act of approval/disapproval, with respect to issues related to abortion services”

Politicians and campaigners have decried the introduction of buffer zones as deeply draconian measures that criminalise free speech and prevent vulnerable women from accessing alternatives to abortion.

Protest against Buffer Zones

Mr Green accepts he was outside Marie Stopes, but says he was perfectly within his rights to hold up the placard as a protest, not against abortion, but against the buffer zone. In any event, Marie Stopes staff called the police, who categorised the matter as an emergency, but took more than forty minutes to arrive, by which time Mr Green had left.

Almost at once, Ealing Council sent the activist a fixed penalty notice demanding £100. When he refused to pay, in September 2023, they issued the summons.

If found guilty, Mr Green, from Carmarthen in South Wales, could be fined £1,000 and would face six months in prison if he failed to pay.

Oppressive

Andrea Williams, chief executive of the Christian Legal Centre, said: “It is worrying that a man in his 70s holding a sign with a Bible verse on it is now being treated as an ‘emergency’ situation by the police.

“Buffer zones are an oppressive part of the current culture which force consent and silence dissent. The effect of the PSPO is to criminalise any act of disapproval of abortion and to create an area where no discussion or even prayer relating to abortion is permitted.

“There have now been over 10 million abortions in the UK since abortion was legalised in 1967. That is a staggering number. That is almost twice the population of Scotland and more than the entire population of London. Millions of people would be alive today if abortion had not been legalised.

“Instead of lamenting this loss of life, we are industrialising it, making it ever easier to obtain abortion effectively on demand, and now we are criminalising dissent.

“We will stand with Mr Green as he seeks justice in this case.”

PRAY: that God is glorified. Pray for wisdom for the Christian Concern legal team and favour with God and with the magistrates on 19th January.

The story so far has been reported in The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, The Independent, The London Evening Standard Ealing Times, Christian Today, The Jersey Evening Post and Epoch Times.

Your support in Uxbridge on 19th January 2024 will be welcome.

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Kemi Badenoch warns of a ‘new form of conversion therapy’

Makeda

8 December 2023

06/09/2022. London, United Kingdom. Official Cabinet Portrait; Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade – Kemi Badenoch MP poses for a photograph in 10 Downing Street. Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street

Kemi Badenoch, the Women and Equalities minister, has said that the UK is seeing an epidemic of “young gay” children being told that they are “trans.”

The Equalities minister warned MPs of a ‘new form of conversion therapy’ under which children are being put on a medical pathway to sterilisation.

She also told the Commons that ‘no child is born in the wrong body’ and also criticised the NHS for using terms such as ‘chestfeeders’ instead of ‘women’.

Ms. Badenoch said: ‘Hospitals in particular think that removing the term “women” is more inclusive. It really isn’t.

‘It is excluding, and I would say to them, gently, that if you are removing words like ‘mother’ from forms, you are not helping. You’re actually making things worse.’

The Bible says,
Isaiah 5:20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

1 Thessalonians 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

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While recognising Ms. Badenoch’s valid concerns regarding trans ideology, our primary concern centers on the repeal of the Gender Recognition Act 2004, the removal of ‘gender reassignment’ from the Equality Act 2010, the enactment of a law to prohibit puberty-blockers and ‘gender-affirming’ mutilation. It’s essential, however, that we preserve our freedom to preach the word of God.

We are committed to standing firm, even if it means going to jail, echoing the resolve of Apostles like Peter and John who were prepared to face consequences rather than yielding to state demands.

The Bible says,
Mark 16:15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.

Attack on Christian freedom

On the 4th of December, Kemi Badenoch confirmed plans to ban prayer and ministry seen as “conversion therapy”, according to ITV News. This is an attack on Christian freedom.

Kemi Badenoch said the legislation had to address issues with gender-affirming care, which supporters of Christian freedom argue is not the right approach for young people who are questioning their gender identity.

Backbench MPs from several parties have drafted the legislation after the government failed to deliver its promised ban.

The bill, according to Ms. Kemi, would not just cover people who try to turn gay children straight, but also those who attempt to turn gay children transgender.

How did we get here with Stonewall?

In recent times, pro-trans lobby groups such as Stonewall and Mermaids have significantly influenced policies within the National Health Service. The question is: why and how have these groups been permitted to have a say in Britain’s policies to the extent that anyone dissenting from their ideology is labeled as ‘homophobic’?

We can at this point we agree with the Equalities minister that Stonewall ‘does not dictate the law in this country.’

Meanwhile, in August, Stonewall helped draft gender policies of up to 30 NHS trusts which government officials criticised, but did nothing about.

Even Conservative MP Nic Fletcher said, ‘ It’s unacceptable that the NHS continues to place the safety and privacy of women at risk because of ideological capture by a tiny but vocal lobbying group’.

Now, more than ever, it’s time to reclaim our nation, safeguard our children from harmful ideologies, and choose leaders who uphold Godly values.

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READ: READ: Isa 52:7, 61:1; Jonah 3:2; Matt 4:17, 10:7; Mark 6:12, 16:15; Luke 4:18-19, 9:2, 9:60; Acts 5:28-29.

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Christian theology lecturer launches legal action over unfair dismissal

Makeda

30 November 2023

A Christian theology lecturer has launched legal action after being sacked and threatened with a Counter-Terrorism referral, by an ‘evangelical Methodist Bible college,’ for a tweet on human sexuality.

Dr Aaron Edwards is suing Cliff College in Derbyshire and is seeking damages for unfair dismissal and compensation under the Equality Act 201

In March 2023, Dr Edwards, 37, was sacked for alleged misconduct by Cliff College in Derbyshire for ‘bringing the college into disrepute‘ on Twitter (now called X).

Meanwhile, earlier this year, the CEO of Twitter/X, Elon Musk, announced that he would support any user treated unfairly by their employer for posting or liking something on the platform.

The Bible says,
2 Timothy 3:11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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How it started

In February, Dr Aaron Edwards posted: “Homosexuality is invading the Church. Evangelicals no longer see the severity of this b/c they’re busy apologising for their apparently barbaric homophobia, whether or not it’s true. This *is* a ‘Gospel issue’, by the way. If sin is no longer sin, we no longer need a Saviour.”

Following the tweet, Dr Edwards was not only suspended by Cliff College and threatened with being reported to Prevent during an investigation and subsequent hearing, he was also abused online.

The college has since tried to deny the Counter-Terrorism threat, despite minutes during the disciplinary hearing/investigation revealing the intimidation tactics used by college bosses.

During the disciplinary hearings, Dr Edwards was also interrogated on how he would pray for same-sex attracted students who approach him for prayer.

He believes as a result of the sacking and subsequent controversy that he might not be able to work in UK higher education again.

Dr Edwards will be seeking damages for unfair dismissal, and compensation under the Equality Act 2010. A full employment tribunal hearing is expected in 2024.

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Christian freedom and free speech

Dr Aaron has said that: “Anyone concerned about academic freedom, Christian freedoms and free speech should be deeply concerned by what has happened to me.”

“The reaction to my tweet and the unjust treatment I have experienced by Cliff College and the Methodist Church in Britain completely illustrates the problem my tweet addressed.

“The tweet was not defamatory; it was not an attack on any colleague or individual; it was not abusive; and it was not an extremist religious view. It was addressed to evangelicals as a point of doctrine, and it has been misunderstood by many who wish to cause personal and institutional trouble for those who express that view.

“The impact on me and my family has been very significant. I have lost many friends as a result, and been slandered by people who do not know all of the details but who now see me as an unkind or hateful person.

“At the time of the suspension and dismissal I also suffered severe physical stress, culminating in symptoms of cardiac arrest. This sometimes returns, especially when I reflect on the events again. Re-reading the correspondence from the college and the various comments, is something I still find difficult as it brings it all up again. It feels like everything I worked for at the college (and for the college) over the last 7 years has gone up in smoke.

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Methodist and Church of England on sodomy teachings

The Methodist Church in Britain decided in June 2021 to allow same-sex marriages in places of worship, causing a conflict. Traditionally, the church believed in marriage between a man and a woman as it should be and considered gay relationships as wrong.

Now, church leaders and members are caught in a dilemma. Preachers are forced to support same-sex marriage but continue to teach that being gay is sinful. Conservative Christians who disagree with this change find it difficult to express their beliefs without being labeled as ‘homophobic’ or facing consequences. Some have even been reported as risks or referred to the government for having ‘extreme’ views.

The Bible can not be wrong on matters relating to sodomy.
Genesis 18:20 And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous.

Signs of the end time

In recent years, societal norms have undergone significant shifts, and institutions, including churches, have grappled with changes that challenge age-old beliefs. One noteworthy development is the increasing acceptance and adoption of same-sex marriages within religious communities, reflecting a broader trend where what was once considered unconventional or even taboo is becoming normalised.

Work places are accepting staff members sign in as whatever gender they choose, children are allowed to even identify as cats, moons, and the society still sees nothing wrong with this?

As these shifts unfold, everyone should be prompted to ponder the significance of these societal transformations and their potential connections about the end times.

The Bible says,
2 Timothy 3:1-5 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come…For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God…Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

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Pray that Lord should help our leaders to priorities.
Pray for our pastors.
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Ezekiel 16: 49; Jude 1:7, Romans 1:26-28; Romans 1:29-32;

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Defend Freedom for ‘Conversion Therapy’

Makeda

25 October 2023

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak addresses the 2023 Conservative Party Conference

Despite prior intense media speculation that Rishi Sunak was considering shelving plans for the introduction of a ban on prayer and ministry seen as ‘conversion therapy’, The Guardian reports this attack on Christian freedom is back on the table and could be included in the King’s Speech scheduled for 7th November 2023.

However, a post on X/Twitter suggests Miriam Cates MP is organising a Tory campaign against such a ban. We have less than two weeks to pray and act for biblical truth:

Email your MP using the Parliament link HERE →

When writing to or emailing your MP, use the arguments here if you wish, but most importantly, express your opposition to a ban in your own words. Posting a letter to your MP at ‘House of Commons, LONDON, SW1A 0AA’ is even more effective.

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What is ‘conversion therapy’?

Astonishingly, no-one can define ‘gay conversion therapy’ or say where it is happening. Electric shock therapy hasn’t been offered here for fifty years, so is it just people chatting to one another? Is it prayer and ministry for those who want to be free of same-sex desires? Is it explaining to a girl that climbing trees does not make you a boy?

Some campaigners, including the professional CofE lesbian Jayne Ozanne, have called for a conversion therapy ban to include ‘a broad range of settings’. The professed Christian says these would even include church environments and Christian camps. Whether it does so explicitly or not, such a measure would be a major assault on Christian liberties and human rights, notably freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly. Legal counsel will already be queuing up to mount legal challenges on those grounds.

The scriptural position is that such freedoms are not handed down by the state in any case. Our duty to preach the Gospel, save the lost, heal the sick and deliver the oppressed are commanded by our Lord himself and the apostles. (See our ‘Read’ points below’)

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What this ban means

A ban on talking about sexual or gender issues could mean that Christians, pastors, religious leaders, teachers, psychiatric professionals, parents and even friends could be prosecuted for attempting to put children on the right track or offering counselling sessions through prayers and the word of God.

Furthermore, a ban would remove God-given rights and duties from parents who truly want the best for their children. What authority does the state possess to monitor prayer and deliverance? Or is it the mere suggestion that someone might not want to remain homosexual that offends the activists? Could the omission of a ‘trans’ ban mean that ‘gender reassignment’ with hormones and surgical mutilation is not the marvellous thing the likes of Stonewall and Mermaids pretend?

In addition, schools are now awash with pro-gay and pro-trans ideology, as our previous articles reveal. No doubt there is a spiritual dimension to their campaigns and even to such feelings.

Conversion therapy vs ‘trans’ advice

There is a clear distinction between two possible levels of alleged ‘conversion therapy’.

For homosexuality, it would mean supportive and consensual prayer and counselling for unwanted same-sex desires or confusion over a person’s sexual ‘orientation’.

For ‘gender dysphoria’ it would be advising someone, probably an adolescent, who is dissatisfied with his/her sex as discerned (not ‘assigned’!) at birth that it will be better to accept how the good Lord has made them, rather than go on the ‘trans pathway’ of irreversible hormones and surgical mutilation.

However, the British Psychological Society (BPS) , NHS England and the Royal College of Psychiatrists all claim that all types of ‘conversion therapy’ are ‘unethical and potentially harmful’, as if the trans pathway isn’t. Their position appears not to be evidence-based but adopted as a result of pro-gay activism against or within those institutions.

‘Affirmative’ approach to ‘gender dysphoria’

In recent times, a perspective known as the ‘affirmative’ approach to ‘gender dysphoria’ has emerged within clinical settings, including the contentious Tavistock Clinic within the NHS. When dealing with cases of what they call ‘gender dysphoria,’ this approach tells clinicians merely to validate a child’s ‘self-identified gender identity’ instead of raising questions or looking for possible psychological background. Perhaps the child is on the autism spectrum. Perhaps they are having difficulty accepting the normal process of puberty..

Subsequently, despite any underlying emotional problems, the affirmative trans pathway leads to placing the child on a medical course of action that may result in lifelong and irreversible consequences. It is important to note that these interventions, whether hormone therapy or the inevitable ‘gender reaffirming’ surgery, have significant, permanent effects. Boys are prevented from growing up. Girls end up with deepened voices and start growing facial hair.

There have been published reports of teenagers who now regret what their lives turned out to be, having undergone ‘treatment’ for ‘gender dysphoria’. Some have taken legal action against the Tavistock. And although the latter is now set to close, such is the pro-trans attitude in NHS Trusts that its hydra-headed replacements are sure to perpetuate what will be seen in years to come as a major medical scandal.

We are talking about young boys having their private parts inverted, needing constant insertion of objects with artificial lubrication to keep the constructed passage open. Read here about the tragedy of Jazz Jennings, whose mental health issues after ‘gender reassignment’ have led to binge eating, a weight gain of 7 stone and an inability to form any kind of adult relationship. We are also talking about girls having double mastectomies of healthy breasts with the resulting surplus skin cut to place their nipple approximately when a man’s would be. Read here about Sinead Watson’s bitter regrets. It is heartbreaking that a constitutionally Christian country would permit such barbarism.

How common is conversion therapy?

UK-wide “LGBT” Survey in 2018, about 5% of the 108,000 respondents said they had been offered some undefined form of conversion therapy, while 2% had undergone it.

About 10% of Christian respondents and 20% of Muslims said they had undergone or been offered conversion therapy, whatever it was, compared to 6% of those with no religion.

More than half of those who had received the ‘therapy’ said it had been conducted by a faith group, while a fifth received it from healthcare professionals.

Who wants ‘conversion therapy’ banned?

“LGBTQ” lobby group, Stonewall clearly campaigns against ‘conversion therapy’. It claims that there is nothing therapeutic about the process of convincing or talking people out of either having same-sex relationships or attempting to ‘change gender’. Stonewall claim ‘conversion therapy’ is an abuse, again, with no evidence of what it is that is happening, if anything.

According to the organisation, ‘more than 1.5 million “LGBTQ+” people in England and Wales remain ‘at risk’ of the attempt they again describe as ‘harmful attempts to cure us’.

The pro-gay and pro-trans activists call, as one might expect, for ‘a clear and concrete timetable from the UK Government’ ‘No more delays. No more loopholes. Time is running out,’ they add, mysteriously. Once more, it is the concept that someone might not want to be gay or might reject the trans pathway which is bothering them. Make no mistake, this is a spiritual war.

The Biblical position

Christian Voice strongly opposes any ban on conversion therapy. Freedom to prayer and talk is God’given and the hallmark of a civilised society. Stopping children from ‘transitioning’ is essential. There should be no ban on helping children come to terms with the sex they were born as and no ban or prayer and counselling.

We maintain that it would infringe not just human rights but the teachings of the Bible, which places sexual activity solely inside heterosexual marriage and warns against thinking better than our Creator.

Further, the Evangelical Alliance, which represents 3,500 churches, also agrees that a ban could jeopardise religious freedoms.

However, the Church of England, sadly sold out to secularism, and blind to the medical abuse of the ‘trans pathway’, says prayer or counselling has ‘no place in the modern world’.

Read our previous articles:

Tavistock to Face Legal Action →

Costa promotes mutilation as Government delays schools “transgender” guidance →

Schools adopt gender-neutral uniforms to allow pupils to “self-identify” →

Tory MP to introduce a “sex education transparency” Bill →

Transgender teenager dies after vaginoplasty surgery →

UK Govt faces legal action over RSE →

Mutilation ruins girl’s life →

‘Heartbroken’ father sues NHS to stop autistic son’s sex change →

Gay Conversion Therapy ban? Here come the Thought Police →

Read and Pray

Gen 1:27-28, 2:24; Lev 20:13, Deut 6:6-7; Prov 16:12, 25:5, 29:14; Isa 29:16, 45:9-10; Ezek 16:49-50; Matt 9:12; 10:8, 17:21, 18:1-10, 19:4-6; Mark 9:29, 10:6-8, 16:15; Luke 5:31, 9:2, 10:9; Rom 1:25-27; 1Cor 6:9; Gal 5:19; Eph 6:4; Col 3:5; 2Tim 4:2-4; Heb 13:4; 1John 3:7-8.

Pray that people will sign our petition and write to their MP regarding the issue. Thank God for those MPs lending their voices to safeguard both children and basic freedom.

Pray that God will grant victory and no ‘conversion therapy’ ban will be in the King’s Speech on 7th November. Continue to pray without ceasing for our leaders to repent, for God’s institution of the family to be honoured and for our children to be protected.

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Christian teacher may lose job for refusal to promote “LGBTQ” ideology

Makeda

19 October 2023

A Christian teacher is at risk of losing her career for refusing to promote and teach extreme “LGBTQ” ideology at a Church of England (CofE) secondary school. Glawdys Leger is being criticised for expressing her biblical beliefs on human sexuality in response to student questions, according to the Telegraph

The 43-year-old, had been a specialist Modern Foreign Languages teacher for 12 years before she was sacked by Bishop Justus CofE School in Bromley, Kent in May 2022.

Ms. Leger asserts that she was unfairly treated and likened to a ‘dangerous criminal’ because of her decision to decline to teach extreme and politically partisan “LGBTQ” lessons, which had been incorporated into Religious Education (RE) lessons, to year 7 pupils at the school.

Specifically, she expressed her biblical beliefs regarding human sexuality that ‘God believes humans are born male and female and that LGBTQI practice is sinful.’ This was in response to questions posed by her students.

The Aquinas Church of England Education Trust subsequently reported Ms Leger to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) because she allegedly upset one pupil by sharing her views on “LBGTQ”

On the basis of upset, not harm to a child, the TRA decided to take forward a case against her.

Ms Leger faces a fitness to practise hearing at the TRA’s headquarters in Coventry, the outcome of which could see her barred from the profession indefinitely.

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Religious education (RE) entitled ‘Who Am I’

After starting work at the school in 2017, Ms Leger had seen a continuous increase in the promotion of “LGBTQ” identities and other contentious ethical and political issues within the “Christian” school.

As well as language lessons, Ms Leger also had to teach RE, but discovered that teaching material included extreme content on gender identity with themes that begin to suggest to children that humans can be born in the wrong body.

Materials for RE entitled ‘Who Am I’ included introducing children in Year 7 to gender identities, such as pansexual, asexual, intersex and transgender.

The lessons were also designed to encourage ‘allyship’, which the materials described as: “Typically a non-queer person who supports and advocates for the queer community.”

She said, ‘Presentation slides integrated the idea that a condition of friendship and ‘allyship’ at the school would involve defending and promoting any ‘protected characteristics’, including any gender identities.

Gender identity is not a protected characteristic under the Equality Act 2010, which makes such teaching misleading and partisan.’

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Be not deceived

This is a wake up call for parents not to take their eyes off children just because they are enrolled in Christian schools. More because sodomy ideologies have been sold to schools across Britain in the guise of sexuality education and the promotion of “inclusivity”.

Surely, a school built on Christian values is expected to uphold Biblical standards. However, this is not the case. The time to be a watchman, a teacher and guardian to children is now.

The Bible says,
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

Deviating from UK education policy

According to the UK education policy, one of its objectives is ensuring children learn the basics of literacy and numeracy, as well as transferable skills.

‘We will build on our current engagement in pre-primary education, in recognition of its role in preparing children for the classroom and securing foundation skills.’

From the government’s own drafted and published policy, where is the correlation between ‘ the basics of literacy, and “LGBTQ” propaganda?

Is it not presenting a biased perspective that children are only allowed to learn or accept the existence of different genders (which is clearly non-existence) while teaching them the truth is deemed as unlawful?

The Bible says,
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Christians in similar situations

A Christian councillor who was placed on suspension and is currently under investigation for tweeting that pride is not a virtue but a sin attended the Conservative Party Conference last week to protest his suspension as a local Conservative Party councillor.

Cllr King Lawal was told at the time that the membership governance team at Conservative Campaign Headquarters was advising the council to suspend him.

Supporters raising awareness of his case joined outside the conference.

Read our previous articles:

Christian councillor suspended for ‘Pride is a sin’ tweet→

Christian teacher banned for calling a girl a girl→

Schools adopt gender-neutral uniforms to allow pupils to “self-identify” →

RSE book: naked propaganda and subliminal messages →

UK Govt faces legal action over RSE →

Tory MP to introduce a “sex education transparency” Bill →

Read and Pray

Ezekiel 16:49; Romans 1:25-27; 1 Cor 6:9; Gal 5:19; Col 3:5; Hebrews 13:4.

Thank God for the life of Glawdys Leger. Pray for the strenght of God throughtout the process. Pray for HIs Majesty’s Government to repeal wickedness and enact righteousness.

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Costa promotes mutilation as Government delays schools “transgender” guidance

Makeda

1 August 2023

Costa Coffee's cartoon of a woman after a double mastectomy.

Costa stands accused of a bizarre virtue-signalling stunt with an advert promoting mutilatory double mastectomies in healthy young women.

The coffee firm has used a cartoon image of a “trans man” (ie a woman) with obvious mastectomy scars.

On the Unherd website, Joan Smith described Costa’s trans mastectomy advert as ‘an insult to women.’ She said: ‘The coffee chain is oblivious to the pain it causes troubled young girls’.

Detransitioner Sinead Watson said: ‘There is absolutely nothing glamorous about having your breasts removed. I should know. I only have to look in the mirror to see what a transitioned chest looks like.’

Costa is promoting a medical scandal. The chain now has angry customers threatening a boycott while Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle ludicrously defended it on Julia Hartley-Brewer’s TalkTV show as ‘people making adjustments to their body’, as if a mastectomy is no more serious than a haircut.

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God decides who is male and female

The Biblical position is clear. It is God who decides whether we are male or female, not us:
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

The midwife does not ‘assign’ your sex, she simply discerns it:
Luke 1:57 Now Elisabeth’s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son.

While those who think they know better than the Almighty are cursed by the Word of God:
Isa 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? 10 Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth?

The Costa advert is the latest example of the UK establishment’s wholesale rebellion against the Almighty. It shows why the whole edifice of woke law needs to be pulled down in national repentance, so that things begin to go well for all the people of this land, not just confused young women deluded into thinking they are really men:

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Trans Guidance delayed

Meanwhile, the government has delayed publishing its “transgender guidance for schools” after its legal advisors concluded it would be in breach of the Equality Act 2010.

According to Sky News, Attorney General Victoria Prentis MP said the Government would have to change the law if it wanted to stop children assuming a different gender in schools.

‘Gender Reassignment’ is a ‘protected characteristic’ under Section 7 of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 2010 Act. Click on the link above to see we are not making it up.

The Prime Minister himself admitted that the long-awaited advice for teachers is still being worked on despite previously promising it would be issued before the end of the summer term. That date has now passed.

He is under pressure, say the papers, from ‘some Tory MPs and campaigners; to ensure that the guidance stops schoolchildren changing their names, pronouns, hairstyles, and uniforms to match their preferred gender.

Government lawyers have also raised concerns about proposals to include a free speech defence so that teachers would not be ‘compelled’ to use a pupil’s chosen pronouns.

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Change the law

But none of it can be done while the Equality Act stays as it is. So the Attorney General’s observation of amending the law begs the question: Why they are not doing that already? How long have they been in office? Thirteen years?

If the Government are genuinely committed to ensuring the safety of children and resolving the persisting “gender identity crisis” within schools, why is the Government not taking urgent action to change the law now?

It is because, as the Guardian reported more than three months ago, Equalities Secretary Kemi Badenoch is still dithering after asking the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for advice on the change. And of course the usual suspects, the Stonewalls of this world, feet securely under the government table, are opposing it.

Safeguarding of children has a Biblical precedent in the words of our Lord:
Matthew 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

‘Gender Reassignment’ should be banned

We need to be very clear that in anything like a God-fearing society, or even one with common sense, no child should be allowed to set out on the ‘social transitioning’ pathway. Changing pronouns, clothing and toilets leads inexorably to puberty-blocking hormones and mutilatory surgery, which a civilised society would prohibit. If someone has a psychological, emotional or spiritual problem, stopping puberty and cutting off bodily parts is not the way to address it.

Those who are prescribing damaging hormones to children are well described in Scripture:
Job 13:4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

While in the Gospel, our Lord took it as understood that a physician would be nowhere near adolescent boys and girls with absolutely nothing wrong with them:
Matt 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Teaching in fear

Teachers in schools across the UK appear to be walking on eggshells in matters of “gender identity”. It has significantly affected the way they carry out their jobs, as most teachers get sanctioned for what schools describe as ” falling below teaching standards”.

In May 2023, a Christian teacher was stopped indefinitely from teaching in any sixth-form college or children’s home in England for what they claim to be “misgendering” a pupil.

33-year-old Joshua Sutcliffe was banned from the teaching profession for addressing a girl as a girl. Mr Sutcliffe unapologetically admitted to not using the pupil’s preferred pronouns and plans to appeal the court ruling.

Read related articles here:

Christian teacher banned from teaching for addressing a girl as a girl→

Tory MP to introduce a “sex education transparency” Bill→

Mutilation ruins girl’s life →

World Health Organisation under fire for ‘sexuality education’ guide →

‘Heartbroken’ father sues NHS to stop autistic son’s sex change →

Parents’ duty of care

Guidance on the UK government page says, ‘Parents have the duty to protect their children’s rights until they are old enough to make their own way in the world.

‘Provide the child with food, clothing and a place to live. Also, provide safety, supervision and control amongst other things.’

The emphasis on “old enough to make informed decisions,” and providing supervision/control, as stated above, seems to have become irrelevant in this era of “gender rights and inclusivity.”

Parental consent in matters such as “gender identity” and ‘sex education’ should not be up for debate.

The Bible says,
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: And when he is old, he will not depart from it.

In a separate case, a court ruled against Christian parents who took a London school to court after it prevented pupils, including her 4-year-old son, from opting out of a school ‘gay pride’ event.

The parents, Izzy and Shane Montague are to appeal their case after the Central London County Court dismissed their claim against their child’s former school, Heavers Farm, for attempting to force him to participate in an “LGBT-themed Pride Parade”. Christian parents, teachers, activists, public servants being cancelled for expressing Biblical views, need their freedom of speech protected. Only national repentance can save this United Kingdom:

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Scottish schools

In November 2022, teachers at a Scottish secondary school were ordered to keep gender changes of pupils a secret.

A local paper reported that staff at a West Dunbartonshire high school received an email from the head teacher warning them not to divulge the information of children’s gender decisions.

Teachers at the school also revealed that a growing number of pupils were assuming new identities, with staff and pupils ordered to use new names and pronouns without question.

Our major concern is to let children grow in the way of the Lord, and enjoy their childhood without unnecessary intrusions.

As the Bible puts it,
1 Cor 13:11 When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Moreover, children should not be taught God made a mistake when he created each one of us.
Gen 5:2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.

Read and Pray

Proverbs 11:2; Mark 7:20-23; Romans 12:16; 1 John 2:16; 1 Corinth 1:28-29
Pray for children across the UK, for national repentance to stop them being part of a satanic experiment.
Pray for Christian parents standing up for their children,
Pray for Christian teachers facing persecution,
Pray for sound leadership, from God-fearing humility which leads to wisdom and understanding in our nation.

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Christian councillor suspended for ‘Pride is a sin’ tweet reinstated

Makeda

19 July 2023

A Christian councillor who was suspended for tweeting that pride is not a virtue but a sin has been reinstated by a local Conservative group after having been suspended since July.

King Lawal, a Northamptonshire councillor, was being investigated by the Conservative Party for expressing his religious beliefs on social media. According to Mr Lawal, six other organisations cancelled him.

Responding to images of pride parades organised by LGBT groups at the end of last month, he wrote: ‘When did Pride become a thing to celebrate? Because of Pride, Satan fell as an arch Angel. Pride is not a virtue but a Sin. Those who have Pride should Repent of their sins and return to Jesus Christ. He can save you. #PrideMonth #Pride23 #PrideParade.’

Speaking on GBNews, Cllr Lawal said: ‘My Tweet was purely on Biblical truths, to express my Christian views on sin, and nothing more.’

‘The morning before the Tweet, I saw naked men shaking their bottoms around children watching. It disgusts me and brought out the righteous anger within me.’

The Bible says,
Prov 16:18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

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In a twinkling of an eye

In a sudden turn of events, King Lawal has been stripped of his positions in various organisations and roles where he had been performing exceptionally. According to him, he received an email from the leader of North Northamptonshire Unitary Council, informing him of his suspension for a duration of 21 days, pending an investigation.

He faced dismissal as a trustee of Groundwork Northampton, suspension as an Academy Council member for Weavers Academy, removal as a Governor of Northampton Healthcare Foundation Trust, and a ban from holding a joint Police and Council surgery in the local library.

Again, forced to resign

There has been a concerning trend of pressuring individuals to resign based on their expression of religious beliefs. In Councillor Lawal’s situation, he stated that he was compelled to resign from his position in a nursing and care business. This occurred after he received an ultimatum from another local authority, claiming that his stance, as represented in a Tweet, was unattainable.

In June 2023, a senior British Army officer said he was forced to quit after being criticised for repeating that “men cannot be women”.

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British Army Officer forced to resign for saying a man is a man→

A Facebook post Colonel Kelvin Wright shared without any additional comment stated: ‘If women cannot stand in a public place and say, ‘men cannot be women’, then we do not have women’s rights at all.’

A Christian man also lost his job after his employer discovered his previous legal victory affirming his freedom of speech.

Felix Ngole faced expulsion from a social worker training course at Sheffield University. This came about because he had shared a Facebook post that cited Bible passages discussing the subject of same-sex marriage.

Our Lord said,
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

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Proverbs 11:2; Mark 7:20-23; Romans 12:16; 1 John 2:16; 1 Corinth 1:28-29
Pray that King Lawal will recover everything he has lost in a thousand fold
Pray for Christians in the UK who may be facing similar challenges
Pray for sound leadership in our country.

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Christian man loses job offer

Makeda

18 July 2023

A devout Christian social worker had a £25,000-a-year job offer revoked after his employer discovered his previous legal victory affirming his freedom of speech.

According to the Daily Mail, Felix Ngole faced expulsion from a social worker training course at Sheffield University after sharing a Facebook post that referenced Bible passages on the topic of same-sex marriage.

But in a major victory for free speech, he was allowed to return to his training when the Court of Appeal ruled in 2019 that Mr Ngole would ‘never discriminate against anyone’ because of his personal views.

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Interrogated over Christian views

The Mail on Sunday reported: ‘But now the father-of-three faces further hardship as a result of his religious beliefs. He successfully applied for a job at Leeds-based Touchstone Support as a mental health support worker but the offer was rescinded weeks later when the organisation discovered his involvement in the previous case. The company, which is backed by LGBT lobby group Stonewall, claimed his ‘strong views against homosexuality’ did not align with its ‘ethos and values’.

‘It argued Mr Ngole posed a ‘significant risk’ to its patients and reputation and it would only consider employing him if he gave assurances that he would ’embrace and promote LGBT rights’.

‘Mr Ngole told The Mail on Sunday how senior staff at Touchstone had ‘interrogated’ him over his Christian values in a second interview after accepting the role. ‘It was an attack on my faith,’ Mr Ngole said.’

Freedom of Speech NOT free

In recent times, we have seen Christians being attacked for exercising their basic human right to expressing personal views/opinion and maintain Biblical standards.

A Christian teacher was suspended indefinitely from teaching in any sixth-form college in England for addressing a girl as a girl.

The former teacher identified as Joshua Sutcliffe, admitted to not using the pupil’s preferred pronouns and said he was “devastated” by the ruling, but owes no apology.

Apart from the allegations of “misgendering a pupil”, Mr Sutcliffe was also found in the wrong for expressing views against gay marriage when questioned by a pupil.

He plans to appeal and is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre.

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The Bible says,
John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

A trend

In 2020, a Christian school assistant who was dismissed for criticising the introduction of teaching about LGBT relationships in primary schools on her Facebook post, lost her case at the tribunal.

Farmor’s School in Fairford, Gloucestershire, claimed the reason for Kristie Higgs’ dismissal was based on “gross misconduct”.

In the hearing at Bristol employment tribunal, her legal team argued that her dismissal breached her freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

In 2019 , a local paper reported that a Christian doctor lost his job after refusing to refer to transgender people by their preferred pronouns.

Dr David Mackereth also lost his appeal at an employment tribunal in Birmingham to challenge a legal judgment on the basis of religious discrimination and harassment.

Hypocrisy

It is hypocritical to ban men who claim to be women from spotting competitions, and in another breath fault people who hold a different opinions about these things.
We see that Almighty God has made each of us in his image with XY or XX genetics from the beginning of creation:
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Read and Pray

Nehemiah 4:14; Mark 5:26-29; Psalm 14:4, 53:4, 64:5, 91:8, 94:2, 140:1-3, Matt 9:12; Rom 3:13.

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Christian teacher banned for calling a girl a girl

Makeda

2 June 2023

A Christian teacher has been stopped indefinitely from teaching in any sixth-form college or children’s home in England for “misgendering” a pupil.

Joshua Sutcliffe, 33, was banned from the teaching profession for addressing a girl as a girl.

Truth is fallen

According to the Telegraph, the Teaching Regulation Authority (TRA) ruled that Mr Sutcliffe had failed to treat a pupil with “dignity and respect”. They also claim he failed to protect the pupil’s well-being because he did not use the “preferred pronouns” of a girl who “identified as a boy”.

Apart from the allegations of “misgendering a pupil”, Mr Sutcliffe was also found in the wrong for expressing views against gay marriage when questioned by a pupil. He was accused of failing to “consider the potential impact” on his pupils, particularly those who may be practising same-sex relationships. We have stated the Biblical position on sodomy many times, not least here:

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On the matter of truth the word of God is clear.

John 8:32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

The prophets even condemn societies like ours:

Isaiah 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Given the reasons for this ban, it is safe to report the 33-year-old was stripped of his license because he spoke against sodomy, and used the correct pronouns to address a pupil. The former teacher can apply for the ban to be removed in 2025.

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Teacher’s response

Mr Sutcliffe, a former maths teacher at the Cherwell School, a state secondary in Oxford, admitted to not using the pupil’s preferred pronouns and said he was “devastated” by the ruling, but owes no apology.

He plans to appeal and is being supported by the Christian Legal Centre.

‘I believe affirming children in gender confusion in the classroom is psychologically damaging for them. I refuse to go against my conscience and cause a child harm and refuse to apologise for that,’ he told the Telegraph.

Standards ‘broken’

The panel claimed the teacher fell significantly short of the standard expected of a teacher.

Meanwhile, the teaching guide says: “Teachers make the ‘education’ of their pupils their ‘first concern’, and are accountable for achieving the highest standards in work and conduct.

“Teachers act with ‘honesty and integrity’; have strong subject knowledge, keep their knowledge and skills as teachers up-to-date and are self-critical; forge positive professional relationships; and work with parents in the best interests of their pupils”.

How is it possible in that light that putting education first, and acting with honesty and integrity has become a crime? Read our related stories on the transgenderism scandal:

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‘Psychologically damaging’ for children

The ruling comes as schools wait for detailed government guidance for schools on how to respond to transgender pupils. The guidance is due to be published in summer 2023.

A Whitehall source told the Telegraph that the guidance will reflect the interim findings of the Cass review, an NHS-commissioned report by pediatrician Dr Hilary Cass.

She warned that allowing children to “socially transition” to their preferred gender was “not a neutral act” and could have a “significant” impact on their “psychological functioning”.

More Risks

In our previous articles , we made clear the risks of gender alteration, be it male or female.

Although critics claim that gender reassignment procedures can alleviate the distress and psychological pain they say young people with gender dysphoria experience, vaginoplasty surgery carries risks and potential complications on top of the ill-effects of hormonal medicines.

These risks include bleeding, infection, scarring, loss of sensation, complications related to anesthesia, or even death, as with the aforementioned 16-year-old.

Recovery time can also be lengthy, and follow-up care is often required to monitor healing and address any issues that may arise. The Lord Jesus said medicine is for people who are ill:

Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

Education NOT indoctrination

In a separate case, a court has ruled against Christian parents who took a London school to court after it prevented pupils, including her 4-year-old son, from opting out of a school ‘gay pride’ event.

Ms Izzy Montague filed a complaint after she was told her son could not opt out of an LGBTQ event staged at Heavers Farm School despite the family’s Christian beliefs.

The parents, Izzy and Shane Montague are to appeal their case after the Central London County Court dismissed their claim against their child’s former school, Heavers Farm, for attempting to force him to participate in an “LGBT-themed Pride Parade”.

Truth is indeed fallen and equity cannot enter when the UK establishment passes such perverse rulings. They can run on for a long time, but in the end, God will not be mocked:

Eccl 5:8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Read and Pray

READ ALSO: Deut 6:6-7; Prov 16:12, 25:5, 29:14; Ezek 16:49-50; Matthew 18:1-10; Ephesians 6:4; 1 John 3: 7-8.
PRAY: Pray for the minds of our children against evil vices and corrupt practices. Pray against plans to destroy the family unit ordained by God. Thank God for the Department of Education for their decision to investigate and pray their guidance will be righteous. Pray for the wisdom of God in our leaders.

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Buffer Zone Court Threat!

Stephen

15 March 2023

Ealing Council are threatening to take the Christian Voice National Director to court following his Buffer Zone Challenge on 6th February 2023.

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Threat of Court Action

The Council have sent Stephen Green a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN). It demands £100. The Notice came with a covering letter from Paul Murphy, ‘Safer Communities Operations Manager’. Mr Murphy’s letter was dated 9th March 2023. The FPN, dated 2nd March, contains the threat of court action in the event that the sum of £100 remains unpaid after fourteen days.

The FPN was issued by Mr Jess Murray, ‘Assistant Director for Safer Communities and Resident Services, Ealing Council.’ Although it says it was ‘given in person to Mr Stephen Green’, it was actually sent recorded delivery (or ‘signed for’).

Mr Murray says: ‘I have reason to believe that you have committed an offence.’ He goes on: ‘Details of the alleged offence are contained in this notice. This notice offers you the opportunity of discharging any liability to conviction for that offence by payment of a fixed penalty.’ Mr Murray says that if the £100 is paid within fourteen days, ‘you will not be liable to conviction’. Then comes the threat: ‘If you fail to pay the fixed penalty within that period, legal proceedings for the offence may be commenced against you.’.

Circumstance and Notes

Ealing's Fixed Penalty Notice — Ealing’s Fixed Penalty Notice

The notice then gives what it calls ‘Circumstances alleged to constitute the offence’:

‘On Monday 6th February 2023, outside MSI Reproductive Choices Clinic (sic), 87 Mattock Lane, Ealing, London W5 5BJ, which is within the Safe Zone as defined in the Public Spaces Protection Order (Mattock Lane Safe Zone) 2018, you did something you were prohibited from doing in a Public Spaces Protection Order, namely 1) protested (i.e. engaged in an act of disapproval) with respect to issues related to abortion services, and (2) displayed text related directly or in directly to the termination of pregnancy.’

There follow some ‘contemporaneous notes’:

‘Further information on the offence are (sic) detailed within the witness statement of Mr Connor DULEA and PC Erhan MUSTAFA, as well as within the CCTV footage from London Borough of Ealing public safety CCTV, Metropolitan Police CCTV and an array of evidence provided by the Defendant and others on social media.’

Displayed Text

The reference above to ‘displayed text’ refers to a scripture on the placard ‘the Defendant’ was holding in front of the clinic. It said:
Psalm 139:13: For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

Stephen Green said today: ‘I have no intention of paying Ealing’s FPN, either within fourteen days or at all. It will be up to them to decide whether to carry out their threat of ‘legal proceedings’. If they do, they will have to explain to the court what a Bible verse using pre-natal human development to illustrate the closeness of God has to do with ‘the termination of pregnancy’. (And what a shocking expression that is.)

In his ‘Treasury of David’ Charles Hadden Spurgeon explains verse 13 of this great psalm. The Almighty one is ‘the acknowledged lord and possessor of my most secret self’. CH Spurgeon goes on: ‘Thus the Psalmist describes the intimacy which God had with him. In his most secret part—his reins, and in his most secret condition—yet unborn, he was under the control and guardianship of God.’ (Worth reading in full.)

A key take-away may be that 3,000 years ago, a shepherd-boy and musician who became a king knew quite accurately how, by the grace of God, he had grown in his mother’s womb. Moreover, each of us started that way, and each of us was known by God in that place. If God knows that much about each one of us, then each one of us has a God-given role to play in his kingdom.

Christian Witness

The witness outside the Marie Stopes facility was not an act of disapproval of abortion. It was an act of disapproval of buffer zones, timed to take place as the matter of nation-wide buffer zones was being debated in Parliament.

Of course Christian Voice, along with every Christian washed in the blood of the Lord Jesus, disapproves of abortion. The legalisation of the shedding of innocent blood is one of the United Kingdom’s defining sins. The Lord said to Cain, after he had slain his brother Abel:

Gen 4:10 … What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

However, the activity in Ealing and the other four days of February’s Buffer Zone Challenge was to do with Christian witness and our freedom to preach the word. In May of this year King Charles will be anointed and crowned king of his realms and territories. He will be presented with the Great Bible, the King James Version held in Westminster Abbey. Are we saying there are verses from that Bible His Majesty may not quote in a part of his kingdom?

Prayer

Neh 6:11 And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.
Acts 4:20 For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Acts 5:41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Rom 10:14 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?
Eph 6:13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.

Thank God for this opportunity to stand against Ealing Council and the rest of what is now becoming a pro-abortion British establishment.

The Public Order Bill, containing the establishment of buffer zones outside abortion premises all over England and Wales, is set to become law. The Bill was debated in the House of Commons last week and in the House of Lords again only yesterday. The two Houses are now set to agree and the Bill will pass, receive Royal Assent and become an Act of Parliament.

Pray for national repentance. The UK law forbids pro-life activists offering a women a better way. It protects the market of those who shed innocent blood. There will be pressure for a similar law everywhere abortion is legalised.

The legalisation of abortion will now carry with it everywhere a similar assault on freedom of Christian speech. Pray for those countries in the world where abortion is still illegal to stand firm. Pray for the Lord to raise up a vibrant Christian witness in every land.

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NHS to Fast-track Surgery for ‘Trans’ Patients

Makeda

29 November 2022

NHS SCOTLAND — National Services Scotland

Scotland’s NHS service is planning to fast-track irreversible surgeries for people who believe they are the opposite sex, according to the Telegraph.
A report by the service claims ‘barriers’ to gender reassignment surgery need to be removed and operations made more widely available. These operations include mastectomies, breast implants, and genital reassignment, as well as hormone treatments.
The document also claims the new plan can ‘benefit’ patients who identify as a different gender.
Furthermore, the report includes a suggestion that GPs rather than specialists be allowed to send patients for procedures. It says a single opinion is enough to refer for surgery in most cases.

Mental health issue

The group that wrote the report named it SPATH (Scottish Pathway for Trans Healthcare) in an apparent attempt to link itself to WPATH. World Association for Transgender Health(WPATH) is a group that advocates gender surgery for adolescents.
Firstly, the report states that counselling or psychotherapy examining gender identity is not a prerequisite for any gender-affirming healthcare. This means that people could be sent for operations without any interrogation of alternative reasons for gender dysphoria.
Additionally, It adds that no one is expected to describe their sexuality or current gender identity in stereotypical ways in order to access gender-affirming healthcare.
‘Access to hormones and surgeries can act as a prophylactic measure against distress. A person who identifies as a different gender can have persistent gender incongruence without distress and can still benefit from gender-affirming hormones or surgeries.’

Quick Fix?

A director with the For Women Scotland campaign group (FWS), said surgeries on healthy bodies should not be seen as a quick fix. Trina Budge added that there was no proof they resolved gender dysphoria.
‘This now appears to be a service to fast-track surgeries selected by the patient, to satisfy how they wish to look, rather than any clinical attempt to address a mental health issue’, she said.
Meanwhile, Nicola Sturgeon’s government has urged Lady Haldane(Judge) to dismiss a case brought by FWS.
The campaign group insists it is quite clear that UK legislation allows a male to become legally female.
FWS argues that the change which the government hopes would boost the number of persons identifying as a different gender, is unlawful under the Equality Act.
However, Ruth Crawford, KC, representing the government, believes that a person born male could be legally seen as a woman under the 2004 Gender Recognition Act.

‘Very troubling indeed’

The plans to enforce these rules in Scotland follow approaches advocated by a group called the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH).
The organisation assert that it is unethical for medical professionals to stop children from receiving the treatment if they want to stop developing into the wrong sex. WPATH also suggests the age at which children should be able to receive such treatment should be lowered to 14.
Dr David Bell, a whistleblower at England’s Gender Identity Service for children(GIDS) even said it was ‘very troubling indeed’ to see the Scottish moving in this direction.
‘We have an ethical duty towards young people and adults not to treat things at face value,’ he added.
Christian Voice in several articles has said in accordance with the Bible that healthy people require no medications.
Mark 2:17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
Is it not harmful to society that young people will as a result of these new treatments make decisions that will have an adverse effect on their lives?

State-endorsed form of ‘social transition’

A spokesman for NHS Scotland said the organisation would soon submit its final recommendations for a new treatment to SNP ministers.
‘This new protocol draws upon the widest appropriate evidence base and relevant clinical data,’ he added.
Subject to Scottish Government approval, it will replace the current arrangements. This will date from 2012 and determine gender reassignment pathways throughout NHS Scotland.

The Issue

Aside from the cost of living crisis, the treatment of gender and sexuality in children and adolescents is still a topic of public debate. The first shock came from psychoanalyst Dr. Marcus Evans, who served on the board of Tavistock Gender Identity Development Services (GIDS).
The consultant quit his job after denouncing that doctors were subjected to censorship at the clinic.

They expressed concern, for example, about the hurried procedures that resulted in ‘inadequate clinical assessments’ and premature interventions on young patients.
Dr. Evans also revealed that many of his colleagues were under attack from activist groups to keep the issue secret.

The Big Regret

The case of a 26-year-old female(now Sam) who underwent a double mastectomy and hormone therapy to become male is worth reading.
The young lady, decided to pay for private therapy sessions when she began to question her gender identity at the age of 21. This follows a two and a half years wait period for an NHS appointment.
She was initially thrilled to have had a private appointment, and after an online self-diagnosis was given the go-ahead to begin hormone therapy and undergo a double mastectomy.
Just two years after the hormone treatment and a double mastectomy, she began suffering health complications. The young woman realised a full gender reassignment surgery was not the answer.
By the time her initial NHS appointment came through, it fully dawned on her she had made a mistake and tried to seek help to re-transition.
After two years of taking hormones, she began to suffer vaginal atrophy and decided to opt out of the gender reassignment surgery. She has transitioned back to living as a woman.

Other Cases

The story above is not an isolated case. As reported on our website, the stories are piling up of young people who change their gender and eventually regret it. A related organisation referred to as Detransition Advocacy Network was formed to bring them together.
Meanwhile, hundreds of young adults are turning to the organisation. They are protesting that hormone treatment has not solved their problems. At the same time, the number of minors who turn to GIDS is increasing exponentially. In 2009, there were 77 children and adolescents. Ten years later, there are already 2590 referrals per year.
What has caused this increase? Ideology? Interest? Or just a greater awareness of gender dysphoria?
The Telegraph wrote that 35 doctors resigned from the GIDS, much like Dr. Evans in order to resist pressure from the campaign group Mermaids.

Scriptural and Scientific Evidence

The Bible in different chapters has made clear God’s intentions for mankind. Any attempt to alter God’s creation will eternally not bring peace except in the place of repentance.
Mark 10:6-7 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female…For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife.
Genesis 5:1-2 This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him… Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Dr. Paul McHugh, a professor of psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, says that ‘transgendered’ men do not become women, nor do ‘transgendered’ women become men.
Research online maintains that sex reassignment does not adequately address the psychosocial difficulties faced by people who identify as transgender. Even when the procedures are successful technically and cosmetically. In cultures that are relatively ‘trans-friendly,’ transitioners still face poor outcomes.
The Guardian summarised the results of a review by Birmingham University’s Aggressive Research Intelligence Facility(ARIF).
ARIF concludes that none of the studies provides conclusive evidence that gender reassignment is beneficial for patients.

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Levi 18:22; Levi 20:13; Isaiah 26:3; Psalm 29:11; Psalm 119:165; Psalm 127:3; Mark 7:21; 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10; 1 Peter 5:7.
Pray for our nation and the leaders
Pray for our children and the future
Pray for those who have realised their mistakes and are trying to make things right.
Pray for every individual and group speaking up against legalisation of same sex relationships and gender reassignments.

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