Secular Café: Britain's Christians are being vilified, warns Lord Carey

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Britain's Christians are being vilified, warns Lord Carey Apr 13th 2012, 21:18 Quote: Christians are being “persecuted” by courts and “driven underground” in the same way that homosexuals once were, a former Archbishop of Canterbury has warned. Lord Carey says worshippers are being “vilified” by the state, treated as “bigots” and sacked simply for expressing their beliefs. The attack is part of a direct appeal to the European Court of Human Rights before a landmark case on religious freedom. ---snip---- Lord Carey argues that in “case after case” British courts have failed to protect Christian values. He urges European judges to correct the balance. The hearing, due to start in Strasbourg on Sept 4, will deal with the case of two workers forced out of their jobs over the wearing of crosses as a visible manifestation of their faith. It will also take in the cases of Gary McFarlane, a counsellor sacked for saying that he may not be comfortable in giving sex therapy to homosexual couples, and a Christian registrar, who wishes not to conduct civil partnership ceremonies. cont.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/reli...ord-Carey.html The court case is going to be interesting whichever way it goes.

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