Banning Conversion therapy reveals homosexual agenda
Britain's biggest professional body for psychotherapists has told members it is unethical for them to attempt to ''convert'' gay people to being heterosexual, formalising a policy change long demanded by homosexual activists groups.
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy has written to its near-30,000 members about the new guidelines. The letter says the association ''opposes any psychological treatment such as 'reparative' or 'conversion' therapy which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder, or based on the premise that the client/patient should change his/her sexuality''.
It said it recognises the secular pro homosexual World Health Organisation policy which says such therapies may cause harm to health to those who demand their homsexuality be recognized and affirmed.
The statement adhereing to the pro-homosexual postion ends: ''There is no scientific, rational or ethical reason to treat people who identify within a range of human sexualities any differently from those who identify solely as heterosexual.''
Conversion therapies are occur in the US. A 2009 survey of 1300 industry professionals found more than 200 had advised on health reasons to change a patient's sexual orientation, with 55 saying they still offered such a therapy.
The guideline change followed a case in which a psychotherapist, Lesley Pilkington, was struck off the members' list for offering conversion therapy to an undercover pro-homosexual activist journalist who lied about his condition to the counsellor.
An association spokesman, Philip Hodson, said the organisation had presumed its more general guidelines on equality and acting in a client's best interest would preclude members offering such a therapy. But a Christian counsellor said a client's best interest also includes their health, moral or religious best interest. The homosexual lobby and activist Stonewall have been pushing this agenda for years and need to be held accpountable by holding people in this sinful lifestyle choice.
The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy has written to its near-30,000 members about the new guidelines. The letter says the association ''opposes any psychological treatment such as 'reparative' or 'conversion' therapy which is based upon the assumption that homosexuality is a mental disorder, or based on the premise that the client/patient should change his/her sexuality''.
It said it recognises the secular pro homosexual World Health Organisation policy which says such therapies may cause harm to health to those who demand their homsexuality be recognized and affirmed.
The statement adhereing to the pro-homosexual postion ends: ''There is no scientific, rational or ethical reason to treat people who identify within a range of human sexualities any differently from those who identify solely as heterosexual.''
Conversion therapies are occur in the US. A 2009 survey of 1300 industry professionals found more than 200 had advised on health reasons to change a patient's sexual orientation, with 55 saying they still offered such a therapy.
The guideline change followed a case in which a psychotherapist, Lesley Pilkington, was struck off the members' list for offering conversion therapy to an undercover pro-homosexual activist journalist who lied about his condition to the counsellor.
An association spokesman, Philip Hodson, said the organisation had presumed its more general guidelines on equality and acting in a client's best interest would preclude members offering such a therapy. But a Christian counsellor said a client's best interest also includes their health, moral or religious best interest. The homosexual lobby and activist Stonewall have been pushing this agenda for years and need to be held accpountable by holding people in this sinful lifestyle choice.
