Scottish bishops: 'Conversion therapy' ban would criminalize Christian pastoral care
Null / ShutterstockDenver, Colo., Jan 17, 2023 / 16:23 pm (CNA).The Catholic bishops of Scotland have warned that a proposal to ban what critics characterize as gay or transgender "conversion therapy" would have "totalitarian" effects and in effect would ban mainstream religions such as Catholicism. Legislators, the bishops said, are in the process of drafting a bill that would "outlaw pastoral care, prayer, parental guidance and advice relating to sexual orientation, expression of sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression" except for wh...