[A Canadian law banning so-called conversion therapy is poised to go into effect on Friday, making it a crime to provide or promote services intended to change or repress a person's sexual orientation or gender expression.
With the new law, Canada's criminal code will prohibit forcing someone to undergo conversion therapy; taking a minor abroad to take part; and profiting from, promoting or advertising the practice. Violations can draw sentences of up to five years' imprisonment.]
It was rammed through parliament last month, and went into effect earlier this month. You would never know from the Times story how radical this law is.
Canada's new law declares that you are guilty of "conversion therapy" and subject to five years in prison if you ever counsel your biological male child to accept his male identity.
It is expressly NOT a crime in this bill to change a child's orientation from straight to gay. It's only a crime if the orientation goes from gay to straight. It's also not a crime to foist transgenderism on a child. The crime only applies the other way around.
There are no carve outs for religious liberty or clergy or parental protection. Anyone can face prosecution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/world/canada/canada-conversion-therapy-law.html
With the new law, Canada's criminal code will prohibit forcing someone to undergo conversion therapy; taking a minor abroad to take part; and profiting from, promoting or advertising the practice. Violations can draw sentences of up to five years' imprisonment.]
It was rammed through parliament last month, and went into effect earlier this month. You would never know from the Times story how radical this law is.
Canada's new law declares that you are guilty of "conversion therapy" and subject to five years in prison if you ever counsel your biological male child to accept his male identity.
It is expressly NOT a crime in this bill to change a child's orientation from straight to gay. It's only a crime if the orientation goes from gay to straight. It's also not a crime to foist transgenderism on a child. The crime only applies the other way around.
There are no carve outs for religious liberty or clergy or parental protection. Anyone can face prosecution.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/world/canada/canada-conversion-therapy-law.html