Christians just want a fight

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Christians just want to pick a fight over homosexuality and it’s motivated by politics, according to Tervor Phillips, Britain’s Human Rights Commissioner.

“I think for a lot of Christians, they want to have a fight and they choose sexual orientation as the ground. I think that whole argument isn’t about the rights of Christians. It’s about politics, the “equality boss” told the Sunday Telegraph.

Phillips believes Christians would be better to focus on issues such as gambling or human trafficking which offend Christian values.

“I think 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.”

“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.”

“There are some Christian organisations who basically want to have a fight and therefore they’re constantly defining the ground in such a way that anyone who doesn’t wholly agree with them is essentially a messenger from Satan.”

He said that all religious groups should obey anti-discrimination laws because they are charities providing a public service.

But the equality campaigner also believes that the state should not interfere in religious organisations.

“It’s perfectly fair that you can’t be a Roman Catholic priest unless you’re a man,” he said. “It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.”

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