Last year, the Government came to a handy compromise over the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. Despite including (rightly so) clauses to prohibit “incitement to hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation”, they included the following clause which has (“will” …

Right to Preach from Scripture is in Danger again Read more »

… for saying something highly controversial about homosexuality right at the stage of the year when I have no time to track down a copy of what he *actually* said and comment on it. For now we’ll have to settle …

Shame on Pope Benedict (and Giles Fraser)… Read more »

Despite the fact that I am based in the UK, over a third of the readers of this blog are based in the USA. From time to time therefore I address issues that aren’t directly pertinent to the UK, but …

Yes on 8, No on Prejudice Read more »

Last month, against a huge backlash from the GLBT lobby, I supported the right of Iris Robinson, wife of the First Minister of Northern Ireland to make certain remarks about homosexuality. At the time I wrote the following: This is …

Iris Robinson says one thing too far… Read more »

This afternoon, Susan Russell preached at that Eucharist and used the following line: In John 8:32, Jesus promised that “the truth will set you free. You really do just hand this to us on a plate don’t you Suse? Go …

Getting a Sermon Right Read more »

Now most regular readers of this website know that I’m not overly socially liberal in the slightest and that I believe that God has designed us to relate sexually within marriage of a man and a woman and that any …

How to do Homophobia Read more »