this excellent explanation<\/a> and analysis of the current legislation in Britain which, among other things, forces Catholic schools to teach sex and provide access to abortion, and may pressure clergy to allow gay \u2018weddings\u2019 in churches. The underlying anti religious bias of the present government there is astounding and Damian lays it all out neatly. What is most amazing about this anti religious government is that while they seem determined to root out what they perceive to be negative conservative forces within Christianity they also bend over backwards to grant \u2018equality\u2019 to Islam. Hammers and steamrollers for Christians who may object to sex ed for elementary school kids, homosexual marriage and women\u2019s ordination, but not a peep about a religion that buries adulterers up to the waist and stones them, forces women into burkhas and kills homosexuals. Weird.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Damian Thompson provides this excellent explanation and analysis of the current legislation in Britain which, among other things, forces Catholic schools to teach sex and provide access to abortion, and may pressure clergy to allow gay \u2018weddings\u2019 in churches. The underlying anti religious bias of the present government there is astounding and Damian lays it […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":557,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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