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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Gregor Young

Scottish Government warned of legal challenge to conversion therapy ban

THE Scottish Government has been warned it could face a courtroom challenge if it brings forward its plans to ban conversion therapy.

Simon Calvert, a deputy director at the Christian Institute, said his organisation was preparing the ground for legal action, if Holyrood ministers attempted to change the law.

Those against a ban say that legislation could end up criminalising the “mainstream pastoral work of churches, mosques and synagogues and temples”, as well as parents.

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