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| The German government has introduced legislation that would see "conversion therapy" made punishable with up to a year in prison and fines of up to 30,000 euros ($33,000) (AFP Photo/JOHN MACDOUGALL) |
Berlin
(AFP) - The German government on Wednesday signed off on a new law banning
"conversion therapies" designed to force heterosexuality on
homosexuals.
The
legislation, set to be introduced next year, would see the practice made
punishable with up to a year in prison and fines of up to 30,000 euros
($33,000).
"Homosexuality
is not an illness, so the word 'therapy' is misleading," said health
minister Jens Spahn, the architect of the law.
Once it is
approved, Germany -- where there are an estimated 1,000 attempts a year to
"re-educate" gay people -- would be only the second European country
with such a ban after Malta passed similar legislation in 2016.
Spahn said
that he wanted the ban to be as far-reaching as possible, adding that the
so-called therapies often caused "severe physical and psychological
damage".
"A ban
is also an important sign for all those struggling with their sexuality: it is
ok to be as you are," said the health minister.
Aside from
prison sentences for practitioners, the new law will impose fines for those
offering or advertising "conversion" practices.
It could
also potentially make parents and teachers liable if they are ruled to have
neglected their duty of care.
So-called
conversion therapies for minors will be outlawed entirely, while those for
adults will be illegal if carried out against the will of the subject, for
example with the use of force or threats.
Medical
experts consider psychological or spiritual interventions to change someone's
sexual orientation pseudo-scientific, ineffective and often harmful.
The most
controversial techniques involve administering electric shocks as subjects view
images of homosexual acts or injections of the male hormone testosterone.
In March
2018, the European parliament passed a resolution condemning the practice and
urging member states to ban it.
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"The Akashic Circle" – Jul 17, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: Religion, The Humanization of God, Benevolent Design, DNA, Akashic Circle, (Old) Souls, Gaia, Indigenous People, Talents, Reincarnation, Genders, Gender Switches, In “between” Gender Change, Gender Confusion, Shift of Human Consciousness, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)
“… Gender Switching
Old souls, let me tell you something. If you are old enough, and many of you are, you have been everything. Do you hear me? All of you. You have been both genders. All of you have been what I will call between genders, and that means that all of you have had gender switches. Do you know what happens when it's time for you to switch a gender? We have discussed it before. You'll have dozens of lifetimes as the same gender. You're used to it. It's comfortable. You cannot conceive of being anything else, yet now it's time to change. It takes approximately three lifetimes for you to get used to it, and in those three lifetimes, you will have what I call "gender confusion."
It isn't confusion at all. It's absolutely normal, yet society often will see it as abnormal. I'm sitting here telling you you've all been through it. All of you. That's what old souls do. It's part of the system. …”
It isn't confusion at all. It's absolutely normal, yet society often will see it as abnormal. I'm sitting here telling you you've all been through it. All of you. That's what old souls do. It's part of the system. …”
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