‘Innocent Christians Will Be Criminalised’ by UK Conversion Therapy Ban, Say Church Leaders

A man prays in a church as shoppers make their last minute purchases on Christmas Eve in Birmingham, England, on Dec. 24, 2018. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Church leaders have warned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that Christians are at risk of being “criminalised” by a proposed new ban on gay and trans conversion therapy.

In a letter to Sunak on Friday, Christians said the proposed legislation means that they are “at grave risk of being outlawed by the proposed legislation.”