Wed Mar 9, 2022 – 1:14 pm ESTWed Mar 9, 2022 – 1:21 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — On this week’s episode of The Van Maren Show, Jonathon sits down with Christian activist Jojo Ruba to discuss the passage of C-4, the bill that bans so-called “conversion therapy” in Canada.
Ruba, executive director of Faith Beyond Belief, is not only troubled by the content of the new law, but also by how it was passed by the Canadian government.
“I was actually preparing a press release about Bill C-4 when I saw and heard that the bill was passed unanimously in the House, and I was sort of stunned by it because that meant all the democratic levers where people could come and present, people could come and show the problems of the bill or how to improve it were completely bypassed,” he says. “The passing of Bill C-4 is the epitome of that where we actually bypass democratic accountability to pass a law that has a drastic effect on the rights of LGBTQ Canadians and others.”
Ruba believes C-4 is a blatant violation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, specifically freedom of religion and
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