C of E Newspaper: anti- Christian bias is on rise

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

A time of anti-Christian persecution is at hand and the Equality Bill could make matters far worse, says the Church of England Newspaper.

The newspaper, one of the oldest in the world dating back to 1828, is concerned about the growing punishment of Christians who publicly criticise homosexual conduct.

“The government had better start building more prison space — for Christians and moral conservatives generally,” says an editorial in the latest edition.

“We are now used to hearing of such folk being sacked and losing their appeals for daring to air any view which criticises or disapproves of gay sex.”

But the paper is worried that the new Equality Bill and a Government bid to delete a free speech protection from a ‘homophobic hatred’ law will lead to more intolerance against Christian views. the rest