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Church’s Anti-Same-Sex-Attraction Program Criticized — Though It’s Still Legal

Church’s Anti-Same-Sex-Attraction Program Criticized — Though It’s Still Legal

The pastor of an evangelical Protestant church in Laconia, New Hampshire is offering a faith-based 12-step program to overcome same-sex attraction and other "hurts, habits, and hangups," but it has struck a nerve with some pro-homosexuality advocates. New Hampshire recently enacted a law that prohibits so-called "conversion therapy" seeking to change sex orientation or gender identity, but it exempts churches. The law, House Bill 587, takes effect January 1, 2019.

The pastor of an evangelical Protestant church in Laconia, New Hampshire is offering a faith-based 12-step program to overcome same-sex attraction and other "hurts, habits, and hangups," but it has struck a nerve with some pro-homosexuality advocates. New Hampshire recently enacted a law that prohibits so-called "conversion therapy" seeking to change sex orientation or gender identity, but it exempts churches. The law, House Bill 587, takes effect January 1, 2019.…