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DUP leader Arlene Foster resigns after conversion therapy controversy

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First minister and leader of Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, Arlene Foster, has resigned after 75% of her elected representatives signed a letter of no confidence following her recent decision to abstain from voting on a conversion therapy ban.

Although the motion to ban conversion therapy received overwhelming support from all other major political parties, Foster said she wished to protect ‘religious freedom’, writing on Twitter: “Any law coming forward must define therapy in a way which does not harm freedom of religion.”Foster’s comments sparked backlash among LGBTQ+ activists, and now reports from the News Letter have confirmed that DUP party members voted to remove Foster as leader.

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