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The SNP wants to introduce new laws which would make it illegal try and force an individual to suppress or change their sexual orientation and gender identity.
Equalities Minister Emma Roddick says conversion practices "have absolutely no place in Scotland".
The Scottish Government has announced it will launch its public consultation on legislation to ban so-called conversion therapy on 9 January.
Liberal theologians are attacking the theology of Bible-believing churches by claiming it is “abusive” to call homosexual people to repentance. Meanwhile, within faithful churches, there is confusion over whether it is a sin to desire to sin. Simon Calvert discusses these thorny issues with Matthew Roberts, Minister of Trinity Church in York, and William Philip, Senior Minister of the Tron Church, Glasgow.
The Private Members' Bill from Lib Dem peer Baroness Burt of Solihull wants "to prohibit sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy".