"You'd think that it was a joke or a piece of satire, but, unfortunately, it is the reality in my country of Scotland," Lois McLatchie, communications officer at ADF International, told CBN News of the suggested provision. "There are proposals that would ban so-called 'conversion therapy.'"

McLatchie said many people think of "terrible treatment" and worst-case scenarios when it comes to these methods of attempting to change people's sexual proclivities.

But, while some claim the Scotland proposal deals exclusively with troubling abuses and methods, McLatchie said it runs much deeper:

"Although it says that it's about conversion therapy, [this bill] actually goes much, much further and intervenes in what a parent can advise a child—a pastor can advise a congregant—or anything like that," she said.

McLatchie continued, "If a parent were to ... more than once tell their child, say their 11-year-old son, that he was not allowed to wear a dress to school, and lipstick, and high heels, and to dress as a girl when he's a boy ... you could potentially be guilty of committing conversion therapy, of being coercive, and therefore face a criminal trial and potential prison sentence of up to seven years."

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