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Christian whose testimony was branded conversion therapy speaks to CI

becketcook.com The Christian man whose testimony was branded “conversion therapy” has told The Christian Institute such claims are ‘confused’. Becket Cook, a former Hollywood set designer, first made the news in 2019 when he explained how he left his gay lifestyle behind him when he became a Christian. His interview with The Gospel Coalition was shared online by NI public official and former MLA Nelson McCausland last week. Activists quickly accused Mr McCausland of promoting “conversion therapy practices” and called for him to be sacked, despite Cook not having undergone any such practices. ‘Single and celibate’ Mr Cook told The Christian Institute that there is often confusion around his conversion “from atheism to Christianity”.

Denzil McDaniel: Everyone should join the conversation about a new Ireland

When the British Conservative Prime Minister, Harold MacMillan made his famous “wind of change” speech in South Africa in 1960, the UK was a colonial power and he was making it clear that his Government wouldn’t stand in the way of African countries gaining their independence from Britain. The idea that the “wind of change” would mean the break-up of the United Kingdom wouldn’t even have been on anybody’s radar, never mind that of the then Prime Minister. Too ridiculous, never in a million years. Sixty years on, another Tory, former Chancellor George Osborne is warning that the future of the UK is the “central political issue of the coming decade.” This is no fringe opinion, Osborne was in Government a few years ago and remains a major establishment figure.

LGBT activists demand sacking of NI education adviser for sharing Christian man s testimony

Ulster University LGBT activists are calling on the Northern Ireland Education Authority to sack a board member after he shared an article of a gay man’s Christian conversion. Former DUP minister Nelson McCausland shared the testimony of Becket Cook, a former Hollywood set designer who lived a homosexual lifestyle until he encountered Jesus. Critics accused Mr McCausland of promoting “conversion therapy practices”, although nowhere in Cook’s interview with The Gospel Coalition does he mention having undergone any such therapy – even saying attempting to force someone to change their sexuality should not happen. ‘Upside down’ In the article Cook explains: “I had done everything in Hollywood, met everyone, travelled everywhere. Yet I was overwhelmed with emptiness”.

A former DUP minister has been accused of advocating for LGBTQ+ conversion therapy

A former DUP minister has been accused of advocating for LGBTQ+ conversion therapy Conversion therapy is still legal in NI 2 months ago Former DUP minister and Education Authority board member Nelson McCausland has come under fire after sharing an article that seemingly endorsed conversion therapy. The post which has since been deleted from McCausland’s Twitter account, was from a 2019 Gospel Coalition article focusing on Becket Cook, a former Hollywood set designer. The article states that Cook identified as gay until he “met Jesus” in 2009. He has since claimed to have rejected same-sex attraction and has vowed to remain single and celibate for the remainder of his life.

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