{"id":28614,"date":"2020-11-18T14:32:50","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T19:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=28614"},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T20:02:18","slug":"anglican-primate-linda-nicholls-urges-government-of-canada-to-ban-conversion-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/anglican-primate-linda-nicholls-urges-government-of-canada-to-ban-conversion-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Anglican Primate Linda Nicholls urges Government of Canada to ban conversion therapy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Primate Linda Nicholls has written to Canada\u2019s Minister of Justice to voice her support for Bill C-6<\/a>, a bill which would criminalise conversion therapy.<\/p>\n

If passed, a counsellor who agrees to help someone resist or be free of unwanted same-sex attraction would be committing a criminal act. A person who experiences same-sex attraction should have no choice but to accept his unwanted inclinations. Let me repeat: no choice. The reason for this, the Primate tells us, is because to allow the person a choice would be an affront to his dignity, even abusive.<\/p>\n

At the same time, the Primate has, in her multi-letter rainbow spectrum, <\/em>a letter \u201cT\u201d secreted between the letters \u201cB\u201d and \u201cQ\u201d. \u201cT\u201d stands for \u201cTransgender\u201d, a person who chooses<\/em> to assert that his sex differs from the category imposed on him by his chromosomes. We are all expected to go along with this<\/em> choice, this fantasy: to do otherwise would be an affront to his dignity and possibly a criminal act. The Primate fully supports, welcomes, applauds and embraces this choice.<\/p>\n

Do you see the problem?<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"\"The Honourable David Lametti
\nMinister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada
\nDa***********<\/span>@*****<\/span>gc.ca<\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Minister Lametti:<\/p>\n

I am writing on behalf of the Anglican Church of Canada (ACC) to express support for Bill C-6 to ban conversion therapy in Canada.<\/p>\n

Our faith tradition affirms the dignity of all persons, including those persons across the LGBTQ2SIA+ spectrum. We recognize that members of the LGBTQ2SIA+ communities continue to disproportionately experience marginalization, family estrangement, and exclusion in a predominantly heterosexual and gender-binary culture, negating this dignity which we know God to have given to all. Conversion therapy seeks to change core elements of individuals by attempting to change their sexual orientation or gender identity. The ACC does not support this dangerous and abusive practice.<\/p>\n

In 2010 the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada passed a resolution calling on the church at all levels to \u201cembrace the outcast and stand against the abuse and torment of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons.\u201d It is in the spirit of this resolution that today we stand against the harmful practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ2SIA+ persons in Canada. Such practices are hostile to a person\u2019s identity and an affront to their dignity.<\/p>\n

I recognize the proposed Bill C-6 as an important step in protecting Canadians from the damaging effects of conversion therapy and strongly encourage the passing of this important legislation.<\/p>\n

Yours in Christ,<\/p>\n

The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls
\nPrimate, The Anglican Church of Canada<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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