Despite the way it's being reported . . .

Democrats introduce bill to ban pastors from ministering to homosexuals

This story is a good example of how politicians use phrasing to disguise what they’re really doing, and the media play along because they support the obfuscation agenda. In some cases it’s because the media really are that dumb and gullible, but the gullibility usually stems from their natural trust of Democrats - so it all comes back to the fact that they share the same agenda. You’ve heard about something called “gay conversion therapy,” which sounds like some nonsense procedure in which a “therapist” of questionable credibility tries to work the gay out of someone. This is being offered up by Democrats as an example of medical fraud, and they have mounted an extraordinary effort to actually ban it on a nationwide basis. But quack therapists are not their real target, in spite of the way they and their media mouthpieces portray this:

The Therapeutic Fraud Prevention Act, filed by Senators Patty Murray of Washington and Corey Booker of New Jersey, constitutes a renewed effort from Congressional Democrats to ban conversion therapy after a Republican majority let the bill die without a hearing last year. In a released statement, Sen. Murray cited fresh fears under the Trump administration as a reason for reintroducing the legislation. “On this and so many other issues impacting the LGBTQ community, the Trump Administration has laid out a hateful, damaging agenda to undo hard-won progress, divide our communities, and hurt our friends, neighbors and family members just because of who they are or who they love,” Murray said. “So-called ‘conversion therapy’ isn’t therapy at all,” Sen. Booker said in a statement. “It’s a tortuous, fraudulent practice that has been repeatedly condemned by medical professionals and has no place in our country.” Leaving aside for the moment that there isn’t a single Trump Administration initiative that seeks to take away gay people’s rights - meaning the whole Trump-hates-gays hysteria is completely made up from nothing - there is no particular therapy that fits the description Democrats are offering here.

Over the years, there have been many different kinds of treatments - some clinical, some spiritual - designed to reverse tendencies toward homosexuality. Some were particularly crude and absurd, especially the infamous ice-pick lobotomy. You Masters of Sex fans might be interested to know that Masters and Johnson believed homosexuality was a type of disorder and they conducted research on how it might be treated. (Then again, most of you probably just watch the show for the boobs, so never mind . . .) Because “conversion therapy” can’t be nailed down as one particular type of procedure you can criticize, the truth is that this isn’t about banning a fraudulent procedure at all. What the Democrats are trying to do is ban any attempt of any kind to address homosexuality as a problem needing a solution - no matter what it is or how it might works. And if they were to be honest about this, which they never will, they would admit that their target is not “therapists” at all. It’s pastors. It’s really just the Christian community that regards homosexuality as an issue needing to be addressed. Secular society, which cares nothing for the Word of God, couldn’t care less what 1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Romans 1:26-27 and other similar passages have to say. As far as they’re concerned, if it makes you happy and no one’s getting hurt, who cares? But Christians see it differently, because we understand that sexual sin carries spiritual consequences, and indeed has spiritual underpinnings. I explained this in exhaustive detail back in 2015, but for the purposes of this discussion let’s just say the Bible-believing Christian is concerned about the very real spiritual consequences of any sin against God, and that includes the practice of homosexuality.

The Democratic Party is the enemy of God Because of this, the job of a pastor is lead his members to deliverance from every form of spiritual evil to the extent possible. Now some of you don’t believe in this stuff, but the reality is that demonic spirits can oppress a person and keep them in a state of sin. These spirits can be bound and cast out of a person when someone who understands deliverance takes authority over the spirit in the name of Jesus. A homosexual Christian who wants to repent and be delivered from this spirit can do so, but as with most deliverance issues, it helps to have the support and involvement of a pastor or some other minister who understands the spiritual issues involved. What Democrats are trying to do here is make it illegal for a pastor to minister to a person who wants to be delivered from homosexuality. They may think “LGBTQ people are born perfect,” but a lot of people don’t see it that way - and that even includes some of those very LGBTQ people, who know they’re spiritually afflicted and want to be delivered. GDP growth for Obama’s final year? A measly 1.6 percent It’s important to understand here that Republicans are not trying to ban homosexuality or mandate that anyone take part in some sort of therapy. By refusing to countenance this stupid ban, what they will do is simply leave it up to freely acting people whether they want to seek help, while leaving it up to those who are able to help whether they would like to do so. What would you think if you decided you had a problem in your life and you would like someone to help you with it, but politicians had passed a law decreeing that your problem is not a problem and no one is allowed to help you with it? That is what they are trying to do here. It’s pernicious, and there’s no question at all that the real target of this effort is pastors and ministers, not therapists. The Democratic Party is the enemy of God.



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