People Must Be Free

 

'People must be free to believe and to preach about whatever they like'

An agenda in the United Kingdom that includes a ban on any counseling, discussion or therapy that would be aimed at persuading those with gender dysphoria to live their lives as the sex they were born has been surging in recent months. One plan that has been openly discussed has been to make it illegal to participate in any such discussions. Christians and others have argued that that is an unequal crackdown on religious viewpoints, and now even an atheist agrees with that. The Christian Institute reports Stuart Waiton, a senior lecturer in sociology at Abertay University, a "devout atheist," said it would be wrong to criminalize such discussions. "I totally disagree with Christian ideas about homosexuality. But I also recognize that in a free and liberal society people must be free to believe and to preach about whatever they like," he said. He said the term "conversion therapy" is wrong, as it creates "images of someone being tortured by being strapped to a chair with electrodes stuck on their head."  But that, he said, already is illegal and new legislation does not concern such crimes. He said a ban would be "a new type of coercion by the state, so that even voluntary discussions between adults is turned into a discussion about 'manipulation' and we end up criminalizing certain outlooks that we disagree with." He warned, "Either we live in a free society where people can express their beliefs freely or we do not. If the UK bill is passed, there is a serious danger that this freedom will be lost," the Christian Institute reported. (WND) Read more here.

- Father we thank you that You are beginning to remove the blinders from the eyes of people in this nation. We thank you that there are those who were once blind, but are now hearing and speaking the truth.  Thank you Lord that as You continue to remove the blinders from the eyes of the unbelievers concerning the threats to our freedoms, You are also opening their eyes to the truth that real freedom is only found in You, the one who is the way, the truth and the life. We thank you for a multiplication of people whose eyes now see and ears now hear the truth in Jesus name. Amen Isaiah 42:6-8 New King James Version 6 “I, the Lord, have called You in righteousness, And will hold Your hand; I will keep You and give You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the Gentiles, 7 To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the prison, Those who sit in darkness from the prison house. 8 I am the Lord, that is My name; And My glory I will not give to another, Nor My praise to carved images.