A Christian conservative has suggested that New Jersey Governor
Chris Christie's recent signing of a bill banning “ex-gay”
therapy to minors is tantamount to endorsing a “sex cult.”
Christie, a Republican who previously vetoed a gay marriage law
approved by lawmakers, signed the bill last week, making New Jersey
the second state after California to prohibit so-called conversion
therapy that attempts to turn gay teens straight.
In a signing note accompanying the bill, Christie, a Catholic,
said that he does not believe being gay is a choice or a sin.
(Related: Federal
appeals court unanimously upholds California's “ex-gay” therapy
ban.)
Writing at The American Thinker, conservative
columnist Fay Voshell opined: “When Chris Christie signed a law
against conversion therapy directed at counseling teens experiencing
homoerotic feelings, he probably didn't think he had just put New
Jersey on a path similar to countries like Saudi Arabia, which
forbids conversion from the prevailing Muslim faith.”
“Progressivism, among other things, is really a competing
religion, a sex cult founded on the tenets of the sexual revolution –
a religion with its own doctrines and liturgies.”
“Churches need to wake up and see the implications of the new
'conversion therapy' laws. They need to see that they are up against
a deeply religious sex cult determined to exterminate Christian
mores, attack religious liberties, and suppress free speech. If they
don't rise up to resist the inroads of radical progressivism, if they
do not take measures to protect Christian therapists, pastors, and
youth leaders, the Church will be increasingly be sidelined. The
Church risks being eventually banned altogether from attempts to
convert people to Christianity – just as in Saudi Arabia.”