Matthew Grech, a Christian from Malta, may be fined and face jail time after giving an interview recounting how he turned away from the gay lifestyle after his religious conversion.
similar to that which led to his prosecution, Grech recalled how his gentle personality and boyhood musical interests made him a target growing up among other boys, who bullied him and mocked him as gay.
Grech says there many others like him who have"very valid reasons" for seeking to move away from unwanted sexual feelings, but fears such individuals are increasingly being marginalized and driven underground by the effects of overbroad conversion therapy bans. "They want to ban Christian counseling in churches simply because it does not conform to their religion," he said."They claim not to be religious, but I can tell you that they are just as religious as everybody else. They do have a belief system, they do have a very specific vision."
Despite its small size, Grech noted that Maltese culture is seen as a"forerunner" and"pioneer" in Europe, consistently ranking at the top of ILGA-Europe'sParliamentary Secretary Rebecca Buttigieg announced last week that Malta is strengthening its conversion therapy law by adding an amendment to redefine the advertising clause"to include the publishing, advertising, displaying, distributing, referral and circulation of any material promoting the...
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