Challenging Times

Christian street preacher Andy Robertson apparently said nothing about homosexuality. (And even if he had done so, it would specifically not have been an offence per se under present law, unless he was inciting violence or abuse.) Yet the police still harrassed him.

Police officers told an open-air preacher in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, that it is a criminal offence to identify homosexuality as a sin. They said this to Andy Robertson, even though he had not mentioned anything to do with homosexuality in his preaching.

He was recording his preaching because the local council had been making allegations about the content of his message. The conversation with police officers was caught on tape. It is revealing.

The offence, of course, is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Yet now it seems that preachers can be silenced merely on the strength of a false accusation.

- ‘Archbishop Cranmer‘

For more on this, visit the Christian Institute web site, and see especially their information about the government’s efforts to remove the free speech protection from the laws that govern us. See also what they are saying about the new equality legislation.

Before anyone leaps to flame me, this is not an issue about homosexuality, or homophobia. Even Peter Tatchell recognises that. It is an issue about justice, freedom of speech, and equality.