UK: “Anti-Discrimination laws” consistently used to discriminate against Christians.

Posted on | February 23, 2012 by J.C. von Krempach, J.D. |

Trevor Phillips, the highly controversial head of the equally controversial Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), has ignited public controversy by comparing Christians who do not believe that homosexuals should be allowed to adopt children to “Muslims who demand the introduction of Sharia Courts”.

In the meantime, it becomes more and more apparent that “anti-discrimination laws” that have been adopted in recent years are being selectively used to harass practising Christians and, indeed, to de-christianize the country.

read the full controversy here.

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