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Andrea Williams, chief executive of Christian Concern, said: Whatever is announced by the Government in May, the problems remain: the definitions are inadequate, human rights will be breached and there is no evidence that a ban will help anyone.

In such a scenario we will face no alternative but to pursue legal action against any proposed legislation in this area.

Ms Williams added: The Government is being strong-armed by manipulative campaigns rather than following its own research that further legislation is not needed.

The fear of upsetting privileged lobbyists runs so deep the Prime Minister capitulated within hours.

No one has produced any evidence of what LGBT activists call coercive conversion therapy. What the activists describe would already be illegal.

The Governments proposals would only stop people seeking the change they want to see in their lives. That is a basic freedom which the Government should not try to take away.

Last week the Government was forced to cancel its first ever LGBT+ conference after more than 100 activist groups quit over its U-turn on conversion therapy.

As a result of the Government reiterating its commitment to excluding transgender people from the conversion therapy ban, a number of leading charities and organisations pulled out of the inaugural and international event, called Safe To Be Me.

It was set to take place in London from June 29 to July 1, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first official London Pride marches.

Christian Concern has threatened, if the Government does go ahead with any of its proposals as part of the Queens Speech on May 10, to bring legal proceedings on grounds of infringement upon rights of religious freedom enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights.

A spokesman for Stonewall, one of the groups which pulled out of the Governments now collapsed Safe To Be Me conference, said: From the British Medical Association and NHS England to the UK Council for Psychotherapy and the Royal Colleges of GPs and Psychiatrists, medical and psychiatric expertise is in agreement: conversion practices do not work, can cause lifelong trauma and must be banned.

With half of conversion practices happening in religious settings, LGBTQ+ people of faith make up one of the largest groups of victims. Thats why were heartened that numerous religious leaders, including the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, recently wrote to the Prime Minister in support of a ban.

We must continue to look to religious leaders who, rather than turn a blind eye to abuse, wish to address the harms done to other people who deeply hold and value their religious beliefs and community.

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Christian group prepares legal challenge over conversion therapy ban - The Telegraph

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