By signing this petition we are expressing our commitment to the following issues:
- The freedom to speak freely about one’s religious beliefs should not be considered harassment but a fundamental right in society.
- That Christian values have a place in our society and its parliament and governance. They shouldn’t be pushed to the side or silenced.
- The right for churches and Christians to preach any party of the Bible to their church family and in their evangelism amongst the public community.
- The right for churches and Christians to preach from the Bible their views on any issues such as sexuality, gender, sin and salvation. (For example Romans 1:18-32 could be preached to show that the Bible clearly teaches that the only context for sexual activity is within lifelong monogamous marriage, meaning that fornication, adultery and homosexual practice are wrong.)
- A concern that the Equality Bill in its current form will cause truly terrifying consequences the following areas:
- In the area of free speech through a conflict with the proposed harassment law.
- Through denying individuals, churches and charities the ability to make an essential religious distinction between orientation and practice in their employment of staff, along with the issue of gender. We believe that churches should be allowed to retain the right to employ only men as ministers and for other key posts. Indeed, this is essential to allow churches the freedom to operate in accordance with their religious beliefs.
- Through making it easy for individuals hostile to the relevant belief to launch legal actions against charities holding to that belief.
- By promoting the discriminatory treatment of religious believers holding to their beliefs. (No-one has ever suggested that political parties should be forced to employ people with opposing political beliefs, or that vegetarian restaurants should be forced to employ non-vegetarians. They are entitled to freedom of association to protect their fundamental ideas. Forcing them to engage people hostile to their beliefs would be disruptive and offensive). In a similar way, churches too are based on Biblical ideas. They must never be compelled to take on people who reject their ideas. This would dilute their message and change the way they operate. It would be a profound attack on their civil liberties.
Furthermore, at the General Election we will readily put our support behind and vote for any candidate who will fully support our stance on these issues, and pledge to hold them for us in parliament.
(WHEN SIGNING THIS PETITION PLEASE PLACE YOUR DURHAM POSTCODE IN THE COMMENTS BOX)
Updates
April 5, 2010
The emails I receive about this are heavy and I sometimes wonder if we are being heard at all. Still the accounts people share about their faith being pushed to the margins keep me going. I am working behind the scenes to find someone willing to listen to these concerns.
April 5, 2010
The momentum has reached a point where the local offices can no longer look away from our concerns. It is exhausting to keep pushing against this current but seeing so many of you acknowledge the weight of these issues keeps me moving forward.
6 Comments
Sick of being told my beliefs are somehow offensive. It's just the truth.
Preaching the Bible isnt harassment. If people dont like it they dont have to listen.
We need to get back to proper values before it is too late for the next generation.
TRULY DISGUSTING HOW WE ARE BEING SILENCED IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
About time someone stood up for us. You shouldn't be afraid to say what the Bible actually says anymore.
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By signing this petition we are expressing our commitment to the following issues:
- The freedom to speak freely about one’s religious beliefs should not be considered harassment but a fundamental right in society.
- That Christian values have a place in our society and its parliament and governance. They shouldn’t be pushed to the side or silenced.
- The right for churches and Christians to preach any party of the Bible to their church family and in their evangelism amongst the public community.
- The right for churches and Christians to preach from the Bible their views on any issues such as sexuality, gender, sin and salvation. (For example Romans 1:18-32 could be preached to show that the Bible clearly teaches that the only context for sexual activity is within lifelong monogamous marriage, meaning that fornication, adultery and homosexual practice are wrong.)
- A concern that the Equality Bill in its current form will cause truly terrifying consequences the following areas:
- In the area of free speech through a conflict with the proposed harassment law.
- Through denying individuals, churches and charities the ability to make an essential religious distinction between orientation and practice in their employment of staff, along with the issue of gender. We believe that churches should be allowed to retain the right to employ only men as ministers and for other key posts. Indeed, this is essential to allow churches the freedom to operate in accordance with their religious beliefs.
- Through making it easy for individuals hostile to the relevant belief to launch legal actions against charities holding to that belief.
- By promoting the discriminatory treatment of religious believers holding to their beliefs. (No-one has ever suggested that political parties should be forced to employ people with opposing political beliefs, or that vegetarian restaurants should be forced to employ non-vegetarians. They are entitled to freedom of association to protect their fundamental ideas. Forcing them to engage people hostile to their beliefs would be disruptive and offensive). In a similar way, churches too are based on Biblical ideas. They must never be compelled to take on people who reject their ideas. This would dilute their message and change the way they operate. It would be a profound attack on their civil liberties.
Furthermore, at the General Election we will readily put our support behind and vote for any candidate who will fully support our stance on these issues, and pledge to hold them for us in parliament.
(WHEN SIGNING THIS PETITION PLEASE PLACE YOUR DURHAM POSTCODE IN THE COMMENTS BOX)
Updates
April 5, 2010
The emails I receive about this are heavy and I sometimes wonder if we are being heard at all. Still the accounts people share about their faith being pushed to the margins keep me going. I am working behind the scenes to find someone willing to listen to these concerns.
April 5, 2010
The momentum has reached a point where the local offices can no longer look away from our concerns. It is exhausting to keep pushing against this current but seeing so many of you acknowledge the weight of these issues keeps me moving forward.
6 Comments
Roberta has been useless for years. She doesnt represent the views of people round here at all.
Sick of being told my beliefs are somehow offensive. It's just the truth.
Preaching the Bible isnt harassment. If people dont like it they dont have to listen.
We need to get back to proper values before it is too late for the next generation.
TRULY DISGUSTING HOW WE ARE BEING SILENCED IN OUR OWN COUNTRY.
About time someone stood up for us. You shouldn't be afraid to say what the Bible actually says anymore.
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Roberta has been useless for years. She doesnt represent the views of people round here at all.