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GMB's Ben Shephard flustered as he's asked if he'd 'go gay' in conversion therapy debate
Good Morning Britain made for awkward viewing on Friday morning (April 1) after LBC's Iain Dale asked Ben Shephard if he would consider being converted gay.The radio host discussed the latest news regarding the government backtracking on the U-turn over the conversion therapy ban.Discussing the matter in detail, Iain made it clear that he was not happy with conversion therapy as a whole but to get his point across he asked Ben a rather blunt question which left the ITV host flustered.Putting Ben on the spot, Iain asked: "Well, erm Ben, do you think you could be converted to gay?"Ben tried to answer the best way he knew how however he appeared evidently stunned by Iain's questions.He replied: "Erm, I can't believe there is a process that I would have to go through..."But Iain quickly interrupted Ben to tell him his thoughts.Iain interjected: "The answer you were searching for is no, which will disappoint 10% of the men watching this programme right now."He explained: "It's not possible, no straight person could be converted to be gay just as no gay person could be converted to be straight"It's an evil thing, it's pernicious."He added: "There are thousands of people every year in this country who either do it or are forced to do it and that is why it has to be stopped."And the government has now apparently said or let it be known that they will now go ahead but it's the trans side of which is the complicated factor and I completely understand that but other countries have managed to do it."In 2018, Theresa May had initially promised that the practice to change an individual's sexual orientation or gender identity, would be outlawed When Boris Johnson came into power he also agreed that it would be.However, the government
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