It's Tuesday, February 8, 2022. I'm Albert Moller and this is the briefing, a daily

analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Huge headlines last night out of West Lafayette, Indiana.

It's a story with massive significance for Christians,

for Christian pastors, Christian counseling, for Christian parents,

Christian families. What happened last night is that the city council of West

Lafayette, Indiana decided to condemn the use of so-called conversion therapy,

but not to issue a legal ban, an outright ban.

The background to this is something we discussed rather comprehensively on the briefing.

And that's because what has taken shape in these rather comprehensively on the briefing.

And that's because what has taken shape in these developments in West Lafayette, Indiana

represents a direct threat to the integrity and to the freedom of Christian ministry, Christian

churches and

Christian families. That's not an exaggeration because what had been

contemplated planned and had actually been introduced for action into the

West Lafayette City Council was a legal ban on what was defined as conversion therapy,

but it was extended to those who were identified as unlicensed therapists.

It thus represented a direct threat to

Christian churches. There is no doubt that Christian churches, Christian counselors

would have been covered by this ban. There is no doubt that Christian parents could well have found themselves facing legal action.

And the issue here is not per se conversion therapy, which no one in this entire story actually

supports.

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