Christians ‘more militant’ and homophobic than Muslims: UK Equalities Chief (barf alert)

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[fabrizio]

LONDON, June 20, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Despite Britain being an officially Christian country with a majority Christian population and a Christian heritage reaching back to the 7th century AD, the UK’s equalities chief has said that Christians need to “integrate” better into Britain’s “modern liberal democracy.” Compared to Muslims, he said, Christians are “more militant” and have a harder time blending in.

“There are a lot of Christian activist voices who appear bent on stressing the kind of persecution that I don’t think really exists in this country,” said Trevor Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

The current movement towards doctrinal and moral orthodoxy in the Anglican and Catholic churches is a revival of “an old time religion incompatible with modern society” that is clashing with “mainstream” views, especially on homosexuality, he continued.

Phillips told the Sunday Telegraph in an interview this weekend that while most actual cases of religious discrimination are against Muslims, Christians often complain of discrimination for cynical political reasons. The interview comes as the Equalities Commission is expected to issue a report on religious discrimination.

“The most likely victim of actual religious discrimination in British society is a Muslim but the person who is most likely to feel slighted because of their religion is an evangelical Christian.

“I think for a lot of Christian activists, they want to have a fight and they choose sexual orientation as the ground to fight it on. I think the argument isn’t about the rights of Christians. It’s about politics.”

At the same time, Phillips said that “people of faith” are “a bit under siege” from atheists whom he accused of attempting to “drive religion underground” and conceded that there is “more anti-religion noise” in Britain recently.

He admitted that the EHRC had not stood up in the past for people complaining of religious discrimination, and said that “faith groups” should be free from government interference in their own affairs.

Churches, he said, should be allowed to block women and homosexuals from being priests and bishops. In the same interview, however, he said churches and religious institutions had to comply with equality legislation when they delivered services to the public as a whole.

He blamed the Christian churches that adhere to traditional moral laws for influencing recent African and Caribbean immigrants to be more “intolerant” of homosexuality.

Unlike intolerant evangelical Christians, Britain’s Muslims, he said, are “doing their damnedest to come to terms with their neighbours to try to integrate and they’re doing their best to try to develop an idea of Islam that is compatible with living in a modern liberal democracy.”

[rokkitapps]

yes yes, the many christian dictators around the world are proof that they are militant. /sarc

stupid premise. down is up now.

[markomalley]

ping.

The original Telegraph interview is here.

[albie]

Thanks Trevor for sizing me up! I feel terrible and will work on it! I’ll start by changing my name to Ben Dover.~sarc

[Westbrook]

Risible.

A self parody.

But only to those whose logical acuity and rational thought have not been rotted to the core by the newthink and newspeak of Political Correctness.

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[jacknhoo]

"The current movement towards doctrinal and moral orthodoxy in the Anglican and Catholic churches is a revival of “an old time religion incompatible with modern society” that is clashing with “mainstream” views, especially on homosexuality, he continued."


Sorry, bub, the popularity of sin makes it no less of a sin. God is certainly visionary enough to know all of time...old and modern, you're simply a lackey.

[Lazamataz]

Trevor Phillips: ” Compared to Muslims, he said, Christians are “more militant” and have a harder time blending in"

Black is a vaccuum. 3 is a color. Songs fix cars. Hurry up it's Halloween! Nice was love bust. Waterfalls are baby.

Hey, if Trevor Phillips is going to spout completely unintelligable nonsense, so am I.

Trevor Phillips: The current movement towards doctrinal and moral orthodoxy in the Anglican and Catholic churches is a revival of “an old time religion incompatible with modern society” that is clashing with “mainstream” views, especially on homosexuality...... ......At the same time, Phillips said that “people of faith” are “a bit under siege” from atheists whom he accused of attempting to “drive religion underground” and conceded that there is “more anti-religion noise” in Britain recently.

Cognitive dissonance, anyone?

Unlike intolerant evangelical Christians, Britain’s Muslims, he said, are “doing their damnedest to come to terms with their neighbours to try to integrate and they’re doing their best to try to develop an idea of Islam that is compatible with living in a modern liberal democracy.”

Hey, look at the Muslims integrating and trying to be compatible with living in a modern democracy!

On the other hand, those VILE INTOLERANT EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS.....

Trevor Phillips, YOU ARE THE PROBLEM.

[trisham]

How long before England is predominantly muslim? These people are fools.

[MsLady]

Delusional, evil and/or pathological liar, probably a combination of the three. Anyone who believes this would also believe hitlers propaganda.

[240B]

Yes! The Christians are the ones persecuting homosexuals! (oh, btw, Liberals are INSANE!)

[trisham]

This is illuminating:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Phillips

[no-to-illegals]

as has been said before picture(s) are worth a thousand words. Thanks, Laz.

[Maelstorm]

These people are unreal. Do they not know what muslims think of homosexuals? Christians just want to be left alone. The homosexuals have been the aggressors on this issue and without any real justification by real standards. Gays have never been made to sit in the back of the box or use separate bathrooms, water fountains etc. They haven’t even sufferred the degree of bullying they would like people to believe. The number of people seriously attacked who are gay is on the level with snake bite victims. Fat awkward smaller kids get bullied more than any other groups but its the fags that have it and they can keep their mouths shut about their sexual orientation. A black person or a fat person doesn’t have the luxery of keeping what they are targeted for private. Those that encourage kids to think and express that they are gay should be beaten because they are inflaming the issue and if what they are saying is true they are encouraging children endanger themselves for a cause that isn’t a matter of public consumption but is instead disruptive.

This is typical of the left. They create these fictions and then build up an orwellian govt structure to enforce their fictions on all of us.

[ScottinVA]

Yeah... all those Christians and their refusal to accept being killed by suicide bombings, and for protesting the burning and bombing of their churches in Pakistan. Those awful Christian women who, in some places IN BRITAIN, are being coerced by muslim men to cover their heads or risk death.

I guess this idiot is hoping if he turns against his own and expresses favor to the muslims, he’ll be stoned or beheaded last.

[GraceG]

Well in the Moon God world if you are caught publicly being gay they stone you to death or throw you off a tall tower, if you can get away with it they promote you to spiritual leader.

[ScottinVA]

Every joke has its punchline:

Unlike intolerant evangelical Christians, Britain’s Muslims, he said, are “doing their damnedest to come to terms with their neighbours to try to integrate and they’re doing their best to try to develop an idea of Islam that is compatible with living in a modern liberal democracy.”

[GraceG]

[ Every joke has its punchline:

Unlike intolerant evangelical Christians, Britain’s Muslims, he said, are “doing their damnedest to come to terms with their neighbours to try to integrate and they’re doing their best to try to develop an idea of Islam that is compatible with living in a modern liberal democracy.” ]

Denial is not just a river in the homosexual safe country of Egypt.......

[caww]

Muslim's are doing their best to try to develop an idea of Islam that is compatible with living in a modern liberal democracy

Mission impossible.....Islam and Democracy are diametrically opposed. Not going to happen. The more they try the more obvious it is it cannot happen. At best they will wear a mask of Democracy....but without leaving the Koran and that which dictates their life and their politics, which cannot be seperated from Islam and the Koran..and trumps over all other laws, it will never happen.

[caww]

Muslim's are doing their best to try to develop an idea of Islam that is compatible with living in a modern liberal democracy

Mission impossible.....Islam and Democracy are diametrically opposed. Not going to happen. The more they try the more obvious it is it cannot happen. At best they will wear a mask of Democracy....but without leaving the Koran and that which dictates their life and their politics, which cannot be separated from Islam and the Koran..and trumps over all other laws, it will never happen.