The day-long event in Windsor Baptist Church in Belfast was organised by the True Freedom Trust.
Demonstrators held a peaceful picket outside the church, branding the conference a form of gay conversion therapy. But the True Freedom Trust said the protesters had misunderstood its message.
It insisted it did not provide therapy or counselling, rather “pastoral support” for Christians who find themselves attracted to members of the same sex but who want to adhere to the Biblical definition of sex as between a married man and woman.
Around 25 to 30 people gathered outside the church in south Belfast on Saturday morning to highlight their opposition. They waved rainbow flags and held placards proclaiming that “love needs no cure”.
The demonstration was largely silent, with no songs, chants or speeches. A number of police officers maintained a low key presence, monitoring the event from the other side of the road.
Director of the True Freedom Trust, Stuart Parker
The protest was organised by LGBT health advocacy group the Rainbow Project.
Rainbow Project director John O’Doherty said the conference was engaging in “quackery”.
“The True Freedom Trust is a reparative therapy organisation that believe that there is something wrong with being gay and people should move away from being gay,” he said.
“We will always stand opposed…
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