The Labour government has revived plans for a so-called “conversion practices” ban, presenting it as a measure to protect “LGBT” individuals from “harmful treatment”. The proposal was briefly referenced in last Wednesday’s King’s Speech, where it appeared almost as an afterthought at the end of a sentence concerning the protection of residents living in “unsafe cladded buildings”.
However, the phrase “conversion therapy” is deeply misleading. Many people associate the term with abusive practices such as electric shocks or forced medical procedures, even though such acts have long been illegal under existing UK law.
The proposed legislation is increasingly focused on children experiencing gender confusion and on limiting the ability of parents, teachers and counsellors to question or challenge a child’s claimed gender identity. It means that parents objecting to chest binders, teachers refusing preferred pronouns, or therapists asking difficult questions could face accusations of engaging in “conversion practices”. Campaigners supporting the bill frequently use terms such as “bodily autonomy” and “affirmation”, portraying disagreement or caution as harmful or discriminatory.
For Christians, prayer, pastoral care, and voluntary counselling are part of religious freedom and personal choice. Criminalising those conversations would represent a serious attack on biblical teaching and freedom of belief. At the same time, pressuring therapists to affirm children on a path towards social or medical transition without proper safeguarding raises profound moral concerns.
Christian Voice national president Stephen Green described the proposals as “plain evil as well as an attack on God’s creation”. This is not safeguarding. It is ideological pressure placed on children at a stage of life when they are still developing emotionally and mentally.
Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image… male and female created he them.
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go.
What Happened to Baroness Cass’s Warnings?
The findings of Baroness Hilary Cass were supposed to mark a turning point in Britain’s approach to children experiencing gender distress. The Cass Review raised serious concerns about the lack of evidence behind youth gender treatments, criticised the “affirmation-only” culture that had developed within parts of the NHS, and warned that vulnerable children were being failed by a system driven more by ideology than careful clinical assessment.
Yet despite those warnings, many public institutions continue to push gender ideology with little sign of caution. NHS trusts, schools, councils, and public bodies across Britain are still promoting policies based on “self-identification”, while concerns surrounding safeguarding, parental rights, and biological reality are increasingly dismissed as controversial.
children experiencing confusion or distress require careful support, stability, and honest guidance. Instead, the political climate increasingly encourages immediate affirmation of “gender identity” without properly exploring emotional, psychological, social, or developmental factors.
Meanwhile, questions are also growing over why the Government has still not fully approved updated guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission following the Supreme Court ruling that sex in law refers to biological sex.
“Ban Would Do Untold Harm”
As Bev Jackson noted on Spiked Online, “the case of psychiatrist Az Hakeem exposed how quickly professional concern can be reframed as wrongdoing. Dr Hakeem faced a complaint after asking a female patient why she identified as male during therapy sessions. Although the complaint was eventually dismissed, the message sent to professionals was unmistakable: questioning gender identity carries risk.”
The likely consequence is that many therapists will simply stop exploring underlying causes altogether. Fear of accusations, investigations, or legal consequences discourages honest clinical discussion and replaces it with automatic affirmation.
Parents are increasingly finding themselves in the same position. Families who hesitate over social transition or medical intervention can now be portrayed as “unsupportive” rather than cautious. Labour’s proposed ban will intensify this climate further, leaving adults too afraid to speak honestly with vulnerable children about identity, mental health, safeguarding, or biological reality.
“We at LGB Alliance take the view not only that no new legislation is necessary, but also that the proposed ban would do untold harm to ‘gender-non-conforming’ children and young people – most of whom would simply grow up to be gay, lesbian or bisexual if not sterilised in a futile attempt to change sex. Or, as we call it, ‘transing away the gay’,” Bev Jackson wrote.
1 Samuel 2:3 The Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
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Britain Ignores International Warnings
Countries including Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, and Denmark have reassessed aspects of youth gender medicine following growing concern over puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and irreversible medical interventions involving minors. Serious questions are being asked internationally about whether vulnerable children were pushed too quickly towards transition pathways.
Yet Britain continues moving deeper into ideological affirmation. Instead of slowing down and examining the evidence carefully, political pressure is increasingly directed at silencing caution and criminalising disagreement.
Children deserve protection from irreversible decisions made during periods of confusion, distress, or social influence. Laws that discourage questioning do not protect vulnerable young people; they leave them exposed to greater risk.
A nation that loses confidence in truth will eventually lose confidence in safeguarding itself. Britain does not need more confusion dressed up as progress. It needs wisdom, courage, and leadership grounded in truth.
Deuteronomy 30:19 I have set before you life and death… therefore choose life.
Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
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Read and pray
READ: Gen 1:27; Gen 1:27; Exod 20:13; Lev 19:32; Deut 30:19; 1 Sam 2:3; 2Sam 23:3; Psalm 82:3–4; Prov 14:12, 31:8–9; Isa 1:17
PRAY: Pray that Christians, church leaders, parents, and counsellors will have wisdom, courage, and discernment when responding to laws and cultural pressures surrounding conversion therapy and gender identity.
Pray that freedom to offer prayer, pastoral care, and faith-based counselling in line with Christian beliefs will be protected in the UK.
Pray for children and vulnerable people.
Pray that political leaders and lawmakers will create policies that protect people from abuse without restricting legitimate religious practice, pastoral support, or open conversation.
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