The Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Act has now been passed by our parliament and is the law in our country.
Despite the "chilling effect" of this legislation, this video from Family First encourages parents, counsellors, faith leaders etc and those who are seeking counselling or unwanted sexuality or gender issues to "keep going" upholding God's truth on sexuality and gender. Bob McCoskrie emphasises that this must be loving and gracious, avoiding coercion and any abusive methods but by being faithful, we will be in the right side of truth.
He cites the example of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego who refused to bow down to a statue of the emperor even if God did not rescue them.
You would not think that acting lovingly and graciously, or acting in line with one's conscience would be unlawful but, in our country, it now is. The video is, in that sense, counselling us to break the law. What do you think about that? Is this a sufficiently important issue that Christians may have to keep going?
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