Unfair penalties for Christians
Telegraph View: Toleration must not become an excuse for the persecution of Christianity - which is still the official state religion of this country.
We are pleased to see that Caroline Petrie – the nurse who we reported last Sunday had been suspended for asking a patient if she could pray for her in order to aid her recovery – will be reinstated and allowed once again to work with patients. That at least is a victory for common sense.
But we are surprised and saddened to discover how little of that commodity the Government and other authorities seem able to deploy in their attempt to lay down rules for the expression of Christian belief by doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
As we report today, it took legal action by Pilgrim Homes, an old people’s home specifically for Christians, to persuade Brighton and Hove council to restore to it an annual grant of £13,000.
The council had cut the money because Pilgrim Homes was reluctant to ask its residents, 39 of whom were over 80, about their sexual orientation not just once, but four times a year. The council accused the home of “homophobia” because of that reluctance, and because it did not feature gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender old people in its promotional leaflets.
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I find it amazing that the UK government is cracking down on Christians when they must know full well that Islam hangs gas on a daily basis. What is their thinking - assuming they[re not just stupid one might wonder.