Norwegian Attorney General: Extensive ban on conversion therapy is legally impossible

Should people be allowed to attempt to change the sexual orientation of others? And if not, should homosexuals still be able to choose so-called conversion therapy voluntarily? These questions are currently debated in at least nine European countries.

Christians are allowed to preach that homosexuality is a sin. Yet, they cannot argue that statements of this kind fall under voluntarily chosen conversion therapy. That is the opinion of Anette Trettebergstuen, the Norwegian Minister for Culture and Equality.

The Norwegian government has passed a proposal that criminalises therapies that aim to change someone's sexual orientation. However, this proposal is not undisputed.