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.