You are not signed in as a Premium user; we rely on Premium users to support our news reporting. Sign in or Sign up today! CANBERRA, Australia (ChurchMilitant.com) - Australia's bishops are silent in the face of new legislation that will criminalize parents, priests and teachers who affirm Catholic teaching in helping people deal with same-sex attraction or confusion about their gender identity. If passed, the Sexual and Gender Identity Conversion Practices Bill 2020 "will be amongst the most extreme laws banning conversion therapy in the world," the Human Rights Law Alliance (HRLA) is warning. A church could be criminalized for erecting the above banner The bill, published on the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government's website Aug. 13, stipulates 12 months' imprisonment and a fine of up to $24,000 on persons who make any effort to "change" a "person's sexuality or gender identity." No form or "combination" of sexuality or gender identity "constitutes a disorder, disease, …