A week after introducing a bill in the House that would ban conversion therapy and make it illegal to practice it and advertise for it within the country- and not just for youth and children under the age of 17, but also amongst consenting adults- the bill has been fast-tracked and passed the Senate, thanks to the unanimous support of ALL political parties, needing only the formality of the ‘royal assent to become law.
The new law makes it a crime to seek to do any of the following, which are punishable between 2 and 5 years in prison, depending on the severity of the breach.
- a. change a person’s sexual orientation to heterosexual;
- b.Change a person’s gender identity to cisgender;
- c.Change a person’s gender expression so that it conforms to the sex assigned to the person at birth;
- d.Repress or reduce non-heterosexual attraction or sexual behavior;
- e.Repress a person’s non-cisgender gender identity; or
- f.Repress or reduce a person’s gender expression that does not conform to the sex assigned to the person at birth.”
The language of the bill is naturally horrific
“conversion therapy causes harm to society because, among other things, it is based on and propagates myths and stereotypes about sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression, including the myth that heterosexuality, cisgender gender identity, and gender expression that conforms to the sex assigned to a person at birth are to be preferred over other sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions … in light of those harms, it is important to discourage and denounce the provision of conversion therapy in order to protect the human dignity and equality of all Canadians.”
There is no sort of religious exemption for Christian pastors or religious leaders, and it is inevitable that in the next year or two, a pastor who teaches that homosexuality is a sin and that converting to the faith will inevitably result in Christ redeeming one’s sexuality and sanctifying their homosexual desires overtime into heterosexuality, will be arrested, charged, fined, and thrown in prison.
This is not hyperbole.
With this new Canadian law, if a congregant tells a pastor they have sinful homosexual thoughts, and seek prayer and counseling for them to have them quelled and brought under the blood of Christ, that is worthy of fines, arrest, and even jail if discovered and brought to the authorities.
Canada is a godless, pagan nation that is absolutely lost and viciously hostile to the gospel of Jesus and to the Christian faith. Pray for the faithful remnant of believers.
