{"id":66485,"date":"2020-12-19T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-12-20T00:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/?p=66485"},"modified":"2020-12-19T13:08:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T21:08:52","slug":"interfaith-leaders-opposing-lgbt-conversion-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cogwriter.com\/news\/religious-news\/interfaith-leaders-opposing-lgbt-conversion-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Interfaith leaders opposing LGBT conversion therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The German news source, Deutsche Welle<\/em> reported the following:<\/p>\n

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LGBT conversion therapy: Religious leaders call for ban to ‘abhorrent’ practice<\/h2>\n

Over 300 religious leaders have called for a worldwide clampdown on conversion therapy for LGBT+ people.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

“We recognize with sadness that certain religious teachings have often, throughout the ages, caused and continue\u00a0to cause deep pain and offense to those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex.”<\/p>\n

This was a rare admission from members of the clergy, but that is one of the key statements in a declaration signed by 370 interfaith religious leaders from around the world.<\/p>\n

They came together this week for a conference calling for a global ban on the practice of “conversion therapy” \u2014 the practice by which LGBT+ people are subjected to psychological or physical efforts to “cure” them of their sexual or gender identity.<\/a> It is based on the belief that cisgender heterosexuality is the norm and anything else is an illness or abnormality \u2014 a belief that the World Health Organization (WHO)\u00a0has rejected.<\/p>\n

Among the signatories to the declaration organized by the UK’s Ozanne Foundation were high-ranking representatives of Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist and Sikh faiths, including South African former archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu, and England’s Bishop of Liverpool …<\/p>\n

UK … Prime Minister Boris Johnson described the practice as “abhorrent.” https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/lgbt-conversion-therapy-religious-leaders-call-for-ban-to-abhorrent-practice\/a-55976691<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No, the World Health Organization is NOT the standard. Nor is Boris Johnson nor the others listed.<\/p>\n

The Bible is the Christian standard.<\/p>\n

Consider the following:<\/p>\n

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4 Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (James 4:4, NKJV throughout unless otherwise specified) <\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notice also the following tweet:<\/p>\n

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Senior faith leaders from around the world unite to condemn violence & discrimination against LGBT people & call for a global ban on conversion therapy.<\/p>\n

Join them in signing their Global Declaration & ask your religious leader to sign too! https:\/\/t.co\/Nk4yUPiajx<\/a> #GICLGBT<\/a> #LGBT<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rA8vICQbEk<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Ozanne Foundation (@OzanneFoundn) December 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n