"Judge lets Vimeo kill ex-gay pastor’s account for videos about leaving homosexuality"

"James Domen is the founder of Church United, a non-profit religious organization dedicated to changing 'the moral culture of our communities in California,' and an advocate for people seeking to overcome unwanted same-sex attraction. He is also the married father of three children.

n several videos Domen posted on Vimeo, he discussed A.B. 2943 — a bill being considered in the California legislature, which proposes to ban so-called conversion therapy in the state.

Vimeo sent a message to Domen in November 2018 claiming that several of his videos violated company policy.

The video hosting website claimed: 'Vimeo does not allow videos that promote Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE).' The website gave Domen 24 hours to remove the offending content or face sanctions. When Domen did not remove the videos, Vimeo shuttered his account for 'videos that harass, incite hatred, or include discriminatory or defamatory speech.'

In June 2019, Domen filed a lawsuit, claiming that Vimeo had violated his freedom of speech by removing his account. However, a magistrate in a New York federal court dismissed the complaint on January 14...

Around the United States and Europe, laws are not only being proposed, but being enforced against those offering help to persons struggling with unwanted same-sex attraction or gender dysphoria — which are often the result of childhood trauma such as sexual or emotional abuse, depression, and family dysfunction.

Spanish life coach Elena Lorenzo, for example, is appealing for help while facing thousands of euros in fines because she offered counseling to people seeking to conquer unwanted same-sex attraction. In April 2019, Spanish authorities levied a fine of more than $20,000 on her for allegedly promoting 'homosexuality healing therapies,' which are outlawed by the metropolitan government of Madrid. Lorenzo told LifeSiteNews she has merely accompanied and helped people who have approached her of their own free will with the express desire of leaving same-sex attraction behind. Claiming she is the subject of political persecution, Lorenzo said the fine she faces is 'a very serious warning to those of us who think differently.' She fears that it heralds a regime of 'fear and silence' in Spain that may target Christian ministers seeking to counsel their congregations.

Lorenzo is not the only person facing official sanctions for giving aid to persons struggling with same-sex attraction in Europe. Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Alcala de Henares, a suburb of Madrid, is facing a government investigation after a journalist, who posed as a person sincerely seeking to abandon homosexuality, in turn published a report that LGBT advocates seized upon as evidence of so-called conversion therapy. Bishop Reig Pla has since insisted that he is prepared for 'martyrdom' to defend the Church’s mission to aid sinners and denounce sin.

In the U.K., psychologist Mike Davidson, a former homosexual, lost his professional license because of his work to counsel persons seeking to abandon the homosexual lifestyle. His advocacy group was ordered to pay the equivalent of $155,000 in legal costs following a lawsuit against London’s transport authority. Core Issues, a nonprofit Christian charity, sued the government after then–London mayor Boris Johnson (the current prime minister) ordered that the group’s message countering the LGBT agenda be banned."