{"id":196847,"date":"2025-04-29T17:56:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=196847"},"modified":"2025-04-29T17:56:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T17:56:49","slug":"australia-to-start-imprisoning-christians-who-pray-in-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/australia-to-start-imprisoning-christians-who-pray-in-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia to Start Imprisoning Christians Who Pray in Public"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a stunning move, Australia\u2019s New South Wales (NSW) has enacted the Conversion Practices Ban Act 2024<\/em><\/a>, effective April 2025, threatening Christians with up to five years in prison and fines of $100,000 for praying in public or counselling LGBTQA persons \u2013 even when such support is requested. This law directly targets believers in Sydney and beyond who hold to their faith, casting a dark shadow over religious freedom.<\/p>\n

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The legislation has sparked outrage among Christians who fear that sharing the transformative message of God\u2019s healing power, defending the traditional definition of marriage, or affirming the complementary nature of men and women could now brand them as criminals. What was once a matter of personal conviction and free expression is now a potential legal battle, leaving many questioning how far this ban will stretch and what it means for their faith.<\/p>\n

Infowars.com<\/em><\/a> reports: As such, this is a major step toward criminalizing Christianity and the fullness of the Gospel<\/em> message in \u201cthe land down under.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the NSW government has been careful to assert that the new law has no impact on religious freedom, that is a misleading statement. It will have an enormous chilling effect on non-woke, orthodox Christians who reject neo-Marxist identity politics and the teachings of affirmation-only religious denominations and sects.<\/p>\n

Australian commentator Ben Davis described the new law introduced by the NSW government as modern \u201cLGBTQA apostasy laws<\/em><\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat are we, China?<\/em>\u201d asked fellow conservative commentator Evelyn Rae. \u201cThis is straight out of China. It criminalizes Christianity<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe state has literally become the arbiter of truth and authority and they are now deciding what Christianity is allowed to say and do<\/em>,\u201d she said, adding:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe LGBTQ community is just as much a religion as Christianity, because they\u2019re taking a stance right now on what Christians can and can\u2019t say. They\u2019re taking a moral stance on sexuality and gender. They are just as much a religion as Christianity and the state has said, \u2018You know what? That religion trumps Christianity\u2019<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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"This is straight out of China. It criminalises Christianity… The state has literally become the arbiter of truth and authority and they are now deciding what Christianity is allowed to say and do." Evelyn Rae pic.twitter.com\/IVuniV1rP4<\/a><\/p>\n

— Caldron Pool (@CaldronPool) April 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n