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Education Minister backs official over NI conversion therapy row

Ulster University Northern Ireland’s Education Minister has publicly backed former MLA Nelson McCausland after he was falsely accused of promoting “conversion therapy practices”. McCausland, who now sits on the board of the Education Authority, faced calls to resign after LGBT activists objected to an article he shared on social media containing the testimony of a homosexual man who abandoned that lifestyle when he became a Christian. While the article states that the man did not undergo any kind of conversion therapy, a petition was launched to have McCausland removed from his role. ‘Completely different’ However, Education Minister Peter Weir has defended the former politician, noting the testimony did not describe conversion therapy.

Weir defends McCausland over gay therapy row

The Education Minister has defended former DUP MLA Nelson McCausland in a row over a Facebook post in which he appeared to support gay conversion therapy. While Peter Weir stressed he opposes the practice, he argued that the post does not refer to conversion therapy . Mr McCausland faced calls to resign from his position as a DUP nomination on the board of the Education Authority for sharing an article from a Christian website about a man who claimed to have been gay until he met Jesus . There was widespread criticism of the post and LGBT campaigners accused him of promoting conversion therapy practices .

Peter Weir defends DUP s Nelson McCausland over ex-gay post

Education minister Peter Weir pushed back at criticism of Nelson McCausland (Northern Ireland Assembly) Northern Ireland’s education minister Peter Weir defended DUP colleague Nelson McCausland after he shared “ex-gay” propaganda, claiming he did nothing wrong. Weird pushed back at criticism of McCausland, who formerly represented the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) on the Northern Ireland Assembly and currently sits on the board of the nation’s Education Authority. McCausland has defied calls to resign after sharing “ex-gay” propaganda on Facebook, having described an account of a man who renounced homosexuality as a “powerful testimony of a life changed by God”.

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