Why New Zealand's proposed law banning gay conversion practices is so unlikely to criminalise parents
- Written by Eddie Clark, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Given all parliamentary parties have said they oppose conversion practices being performed on LGBTQ+ people, you could be forgiven for wondering why the first reading of the Conversion Practices Prohibition Legislation Bill last week didn’t pass unanimously.
In the end, the bill passed comfortably, 87-33, but the National...