The Left who won a simple majority in the state of Minnesota has gone out of their way to pass every far left idea they can think of. Even before that, the Mayors of Minneapolis Jacob Frey and St Paul Mayor Melvin Carter III and their respective City Councils passed a resolutions that would make it illegal to provide any conversion from a person who is LGBTQaTOz to a normal person. This draconian and unnecessary move to establish a specific a set of morals that could be construed to be a new religion could backfire as the video above shows.
Anti-Conversion Therapy Law in Malta has it’s First Big Case
Matthew Grech after exploring his feelings on his same sex attraction and his newly found belief in Jesus Christ may land him in jail for violating a law that bans conversion therapy or talking about his experience to others on a show called X-Out-Loud.
Mr Grech says that the Malta law doesn’t allow for the freedom of expression or other viewpoints. He says he faces a 5000 Euro ($5504) fine and up to 5 months in jail for just telling others about his conversion. He says most gays who decide to do this do it on their own. He says the law talks about forced conversion and he’s never heard of such a thing. He says those who are professionals who do these conversions can be charged as criminals. Professionals in this case might be a pastor or a psychologist.
He went on a local show in Malta and the presenters had him talk about finding Christ and how he repented his lifestyle and is a new person in Christ. Some people who were offended by this reported him to the police in Malta and the police showed up at his door and took him to the Police Station with his attorney who advised him to be silent. He is charged with advertising this service. He says he was sharing his Christian Faith and the hope we have in Christ.
Matt Grech believes this law creates some intimidation by the government and a stigma that keeps people from exploring other beliefs.
The interviewer Billy Hallowell says those from the Transgender movement that feel it’s not right for them they are also intimidated from changing their mind and their stories of de-transitioning is never told. He thinks that in the Western countries that advocate Free Speech people should be able to say things that some people don’t like and a free exchange of ideas in a conversation is what the cornerstone of Free Speech is all about. No one should be punished for having a wrong belief, and why should the government determine what is a wrong belief. He says to Matt Grech that when stories can’t be told it becomes very troubling especially for Christians.
Matt Grech says his case is a test case of the new law. Though he says the LGB lobby is planning on making the law stricter as the case proceeds. They are annoyed with the advertising of the conversion that it should be an automatic [crime] and they want all of the videos of these people telling their stories removed from the internet. So people who want to ask questions have no access. He says it’s a lot of control to make their law stronger against people who basically want to self determine what’s best for their lives.
This case is in Malta, so Billy Hallowell asks him what the religious freedom is like in Malta. Mr Grech says Malta has similar freedom of religion, freedom of conscience like America but the church is very traditional. He says the Holy Spirit is turning things around and releasing people from the Religious Bondage in Malta.
Matt Grech says he sees Malta’s traditional political movement is becoming more Progressive, Liberal, anti-Christian, going against anything that is against the Word of God. He says it can be felt that it is a real spiritual battle, but he believes God is bringing Revival, a Great Awakening to Malta.
His day in court is on June 9th, 2023. Pray he prevails and this law is struck down everywhere in the courts, including Minnesota.
Religious Bondage?
This might be hard for some people to understand, and when I, Publius Jr, first encountered it, I was confused too. I was told at a House Church in an undisclosed location in Minnesota, that Christianity wasn’t a religion but rather it is a relationship with Jesus Christ. I shot back with, “Of course it is a religion!” But upon further review I found out that it is not a religion. God wanted a personal relationship with us so he sent his only son Jesus to be here with us and to interact with us and eventually die for our sins. Can you imagine regimenting your time, wearing certain clothes, acting pious, and trying to be perfect around the person you love the most in your life? It’s not going to last for very long, and God made it so you don’t have to be that way with him, you don’t have to be perfect.
If you look at what Jesus said to the Pharisees and the Sadducees of his day, you’ll see him tell them that they love the law and not the people it was intended to govern. The traditions of the time were very strict and there was a certain flow chart on what to do if people didn’t follow the letter of law. People who were in error had to do certain offerings to get on the right side of the law, a bit like for example saying x number of Hail Mary’s and penance for the offense (just an example some people can relate to as the schedule for offerings can be quite complex). The Pharisees and Sadducees put traditions over the spirit of the Jewish law and would put themselves in the best places in the Temple, and look down on people who didn’t follow accordingly. A bit like modern day politicians putting their status and position over their faith. In fact they weren’t priests at all but their order commanded respect as they were self-appointed to make sure the people followed every letter of the 613 Commandments of the Levitical Law.
Matt Grech’s church has been for the last 15 years shaking the Traditional Church in Malta and they’ve become a target for the LGBT groups. He is a trustee of Core Issues Trust.
Can the Gospel Bring People out of the Darkness to Light?
Matt Grech is asked about some who seek this change will never feel the same sex attraction while others still do despite desiring this change. He responds and says it is a temptation. He goes on and says the Government and LGBT groups want to say that if you start out one way that you’ll never change, but the Gospel will change you if you let it.
In the Twin Cities there is a Lutheran Pastor who has a weekly program called “The Pastor’s Study,” his name is Pastor Tom Brock and on his page about himself he says he has struggled with same sex attraction temptation most of his life but remains celibate. It is one of the reasons he left the ELCA Church in 2009 because they started ordaining Homosexuals as Pastors. He lists what the Bible says about the practice and why it is wrong, and how churches have led people astray on LGBT.
Governments seem to be wanting to make the case that these people and others with different addictions will never change and anyone or anything that tries must be punished. They are seeking to establish a new religion here in essence, and that is a clear cut violation of the US Constitution’s 1st Amendment’s Religious Establishment Clause, basically there can never be an official religion of the USA.
Is the Government of Minnesota, the #OneMNTyrant, Governor Tim Walz banning therapy that people actually choose? What happened to the Pro-Choice party? They are condemning people to live in torment to choose to be a criminal rather than live a lifestyle that promotes spiritual bondage.
Minnesota Republican Legislators who voted to pass this conversion therapy ban (SF23/HF16) in both the Minnesota House & Senate have violated the State Party Platform and the Religious Freedom guaranteed in the US Constitution’s 1st Amendment. We will expose you and most seem to have spent too many terms in office already. The others on their first or second term we will advise your BPOUs to never endorse you again. Government is your god and you worship it at the detriment of the people you claim to represent.
The US & MN Constitution Preambles state our rights come from God and so we have to respect his rules on life otherwise we as a nation will erode and be overrun like the ancient Israelis were when they turned their back on God.