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November 24, 2006
British Bishops Object to Campus Persecution
Anglican and Catholic Bishops have had it with attempts to suppress Christianity on British campuses, complaining that Christians face "considerable opposition and discrimination" and that their rights of "freedom of expression, freedom of belief and freedom of association" have been violated.
The complaint follows news that Edinburgh University and other schools have used the ironic trick of employing antidiscrimination provisions to discriminate against Christians, suspending the privileges of Christian Unions on the grounds that they discriminate against non-Christians. To avoid being banned, the Christian Unions would have to allow atheists and Muslims to sit on their ruling committees and address their meetings.
The point of these absurd demands is of course to effectively ban Christian groups from college campuses. Imagine the uproar if someone tried to ban Muslim groups.
Posted by Van Helsing at November 24, 2006 9:07 AM
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But, of course, the secular left denies that there is any discrimination against Christians at all, much less a war on Christianity. And as the Michael Newdow, the ACLU and others try to erase every vestige of Christian expression from society, the denials simply increase in volume.
Posted by: V the K at November 24, 2006 10:25 AM
Gone are the days when young Tolkien and C.S. Lewis types could freely hold their debates and clubs on campuses without much persecution or meddling. Despite this, men and women of God will find ways to meet and flourish just as they did in the early days of Christianity when meetings were held in secret.
Just another sign of the times...
Posted by: Jael at November 24, 2006 10:29 AM
Jael, it does strike me that Christianity, in a way, is returning to its roots, becoming almost an underground movement in the face of an increasingly godless, decadent, and hostile imperial state, much like in Ancient Rome.
Posted by: V the K at November 24, 2006 10:48 AM
