A Christian ministry in the United Kingdom recently received death threats, had its bank accounts closed, and saw Instagram and Facebook removed content from their pages. In addition, Core Issues Trust, which is committed to supporting men and women who voluntarily want to try therapy and counselling for unwanted same-sex attractions, also had their accounts suspended with Mailchimp and PayPal, Fox News reports.
The trouble for CIT started on July 3rd, when users on Twitter started putting pressure on Barclays to close the ministry’s accounts, saying that CIT supported harmful “conversion therapy” methods. Two weeks later, CIT received a notification from Barclays notifying them that their accounts would be closed.
According to Forbes, activists appealed to Barclays because the bank is the lead sponsor of “Pride” in London and Twitter users argued it was hypocritical of them to claim to support the LGBTQ community while offering services to CIT.
In a recent statement, Mike Davidson, the CEO of Core Issues Trust addressed the harassment his ministry has faced and answered the charges that they engage in conversion therapy. Regarding the closing of their accounts, he said, “A coordinated campaign has resulted in our ministry coming under immense pressure and key service providers canceling their services, action which we consider discriminatory.”
Then, Davidson addressed…
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