Prime minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that any potential ban on conversion therapy in the UK will not apply to adults who seek “pastoral support” while exploring their identity.
In a letter to the Evangelical Alliance, seen by Premier Christian News, Johnson said: “I want to reassure you that I take freedom of speech and freedom of religion very seriously”, adding that he does “not want to see clergy and church members criminalised for normal non-coercive activity.”Johnson was responding to a letter written in March by the Evangelical Alliance and seen by ITV News, which claimed a full conversion therapy ban could interfere with “common church activities”.