On 1 March, MPs Jim Shannon and Norman Lamb led a debate on Christian freedom in the House of Commons. Earlier this month Barnabas Fund published a booklet entitled ‘Turn the Tide’ showing how religious freedoms in the UK are being eroded. It quoted the Magna Carta: ‘The English Church shall be free, and shall have its rights undiminished, and its liberties unimpaired.’ The booklet gave many examples of the various ways in which religious freedoms in the UK have been eroded by political correctness and anti-Christian prejudice in universities, schools, social work, prisons, NHS, street preaching and much more. Barnabas Fund is calling for a new law ‘which positively affirms all aspects of freedom of religion that have been written into our laws’. View the debate at
Freedom of religion or belief
Written by David Fletcher 02 Mar 2018Additional Info
- Pray: for the House of Commons debate to lead to a more public debate about Christian freedom debate. May the erosion of Christian freedom be stopped. (1 Timothy 2:1, 2)
- More: researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CDP-2018-0047
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