It would appear, from the comments made elsewhere on Premier Community, that there is very little concern about the gradual erosion of Christianity from the British culture.Is it possible that Christians can be so blind to this trend?
We have seen Christians arrested and questioned by police about voicing their faith.
We have seen them being fined, suspended from or even losing their jobs. We have even seen them taken to court. All that was necessary for this to happen was for someone to be 'offended'.
It is incumbent upon the Police to investigate all 'offense' complaints because we have an ill-thought out 'Offense' law.
We have seen the Bible offered to the public to deface as an interactive work of art, it has even been fried in batter and displayed, again, as a work of art in a Glasgow museum! Can you imagine what would happen if this was done to a copy of the Koran? Not only would there be an Islamic uprising, the perpetrators would have been hauled before a court. Can you also imagine if it was a 'Sharia Court'?
We have seen Christian adoption agencies close down because they will not offer children to homosexuals. One couple were told that they were considered too Christian to be selected as adoptive parents. This list is endless.
You can get a great deal of information about all this from this link where there are pages and pages of examples. http://www.christian.org.uk/
Below is a list of 26 anti-Christian laws and regulations that have been passed over the last 42 years.
21 of them were by New Labour in the last 12 years! However the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats must also share in this moral decline.
Apart from this we mustn't forget the disgraceful MP's expenses scandal.
I believe that the 3 main parties have forfeited all rights to represent the public.
Suggestions on how to rectify this have been made elsewhere.
1967: The Abortion Act. Abortion became legalized clearing the way for general moral decline and anti-Christian legislation over the next 42 years.
1993: The National Lottery Act.
1994: The lowering of the homosexual age of consent to 18.
1994: The Sunday Trading Act.
1996: Family Law Act: No Fault divorce, however due to failed pilot schemes it was dropped by the present Government in 2001.
2000: Sexual Offences Act: Homosexual age of consent lowered again to 16.
2000: Repeal of Section 28 (Scotland). Section 28 prevented homosexuality being promoted in schools.
2000: Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2000. This order allowed school nurses to hand out morning-after pills to school children of any age.
2000: Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment (No. 3) Order 2000. This allows the morning- after pill to be given out in chemists legally to those over 16.
2001: Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001: Legalisation of the cloning of humans for medical experimentation.
2002: Adoption and Children Act: Allowing homosexual and cohabiting couples to jointly adopt children (in England and Wales).
2003: Local Government Act: Defeat of “conscience clause” amendment which would have protected council employees from being forced to participate in same-sex adoption.
2003: Local Government Act: Repeal of Section 28 (England and Wales). Section 28 prevented homosexuality being promoted in schools.
2003: EU Employment Directive Implementation. This banned work-place discrimination on grounds of religion, belief or sexual orientation. It could force churches and religious organisations to employ non-believers and practising homosexuals. Christian employers would have to prove their case for employing fellow believers before an employment tribunal.
2003: Communications Act. This continues to bar Christians from holding main broadcasting licences.
2003: Criminal Justice Act: Creates ‘aggravated offences’ meaning that racial, religious, sexual orientation or disability groups will have more protection than other citizens.
2003: Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (Modification) (No.2) Order: Reclassifies cannabis from Class B down to Class C. (This change has now been reversed.)
2004: Gender Recognition Act: Allows people who have had, or who want to have, a ‘sex change’ operation to be given a new (and therefore fake) birth certificate. This would allow them to marry someone of the same biological sex.
2004: Civil Partnership Act: Creating ‘gay marriage’ in law in all but name (UK-wide).
2004: Children Act: The parental right to smack in England and Wales is partially restricted – the defence of reasonable chastisement removed in some cases.
2005: Gambling Act: The deregulation of gambling including new mega casinos, unlimited slot machine prizes, removing bar on advertising and giving free rein to internet gambling.
2005: Mental Capacity Act: Allows euthanasia by omission (e.g. by withdrawing food and water) in England and Wales.
2005: Family Law (Scotland) Act: Makes divorce easier and quicker in Scotland. Also introduces rights for cohabiting couples which mimic those of marriage.
2007: Equality Act Sexual Orientation Regulations: Outlaws discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods and services. Religious exemptions do not cover organizations receiving public funding like adoption agencies.
2008: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act: This attacks the sanctity of life, allowing creation of animal-human embryos and ‘saviour siblings’. Doctors no longer need to consider a child’s need for a father when deciding to give a woman IVF treatment.
2008: Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order: Lowers the age of consent for sexual activity from 17 to 16 in Northern Ireland.
2009: Offences (Aggravation by Prejudice) (Scotland) Act: Creates stronger penalties for crimes committed on grounds of sexual orientation, transgender identity or disability, meaning these groups have more protection than other citizens.
Of the 26 regulations listed, 12 help promote homosexual and sexual orientation lifestyles, 4 attack marriage, 5 attack the sanctity of life, 3 relax gambling rules, 1 relaxes Sunday trading laws and 1 reclassified cannabis from a Class B down to a Class C (although this has now been reversed).
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