An Anglican bishop and a retired Law Lord have commented that the British legal culture now systematically discriminates against Christians and said that the “tide has to turn,” reports LifeSiteNews.com. The Anglican bishop of Winchester, the Rt. Rev. Michael Scott-Joynt, blamed general religious illiteracy and the Human Rights Act 1998, passed by Tony Blair’s Labour government, for Christians being marginalized by the courts. The bishop was speaking of the case of a Christian relationship counselor, Gary McFarlane, who was fired in 2008 after he told his employers that he could not in conscience counsel same-sex partners. McFarlane had challenged the dismissal in the Court of Appeal, arguing that attempts to force him to contradict his beliefs constituted religious discrimination. Lord Justice Laws dismissed case, saying that any attempt to seek protection for religious beliefs under the law is “irrational” and “capricious.” Laws claimed that doing so could set Britain on the road to becoming a “theocracy.” Scott-Joynt told the BBC that the case shows that “for the first time in our history there is a widespread lack of religious literacy among those who one way and another hold power and influence, whether it’s Parliament or the media or even, dare I say it, in the judiciary.” To read the full story, click here.
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