EGALITARIANISM: More to lose rights in the interest of gaining rights for some!

‘Equality police’ to target faith groups | 2008 News | Christian Institute
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For the authentic Christian there can be no "'homophobia' in religion" as implied in the following ...

The Government’s equality enforcement agency will tackle ‘homophobia’ in religion, one of its senior figures has said.

Bradley Brady is Director of Stakeholder Relations at the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

His comments are likely to fuel fears that the rights of religious people come bottom of the pile at the Commission.

Mr Brady was speaking at a fringe meeting of the TUC conference on the subject of “Religion and Homophobia: No Compromise on LGBT Equality!”

According to the TUC website, The meeting was “organised by the TUC LGBT Committee to discuss recent events where individuals have claimed religious exemption from providing equal treatment for LGBT people, and how to promote a campaign for genuine equality.”

I think we've heard something of this TUC group before, haven't we?

[The Christian Institute] also asked whether the Commission would strive to protect the rights of people of faith to express their religious beliefs on sexual ethics.

The Commission said, “If in the expression of those beliefs the legal rights of another group are violated, the Commission would not support that.”

Simon Calvert of The Christian Institute said, “The Commission is saying it will tackle homophobia in religion. But many activists regard biblical teaching on sexual ethics as inherently ‘homophobic’.

“Furthermore, can you seriously imagine a senior figure from the Commission saying it will tackle homosexual groups that interfere with religious liberty? No, nor can I.”

Christianity, Cristophobia,
Egalitarianism, Human rights, Religion