Full page advert in today’s Times on SORs
The following full page advert appeared in the Times placed by Coherent and Cohesive Voice, a network of hundreds of Christian leaders in the UK representing hundreds of thousands of voters.
Until last week it appeared that the Government were taking seriously the concerns expressed by religious groups about the Sexual Orientation Regulations. However the Government has now fast tracked identical Regulations in Northern Ireland, ignoring all such representations and setting an unworkable precedent for England, Wales and Scotland.
So what do the Government’s newly proposed SORs do?
Force all schools to actively promote homosexual Civil Partnerships ( from primary school age) to the same degree that they teach the importance of marriage.
Force a printing shop run by a Christian to print fliers promoting gay sex
Force a family-run B&B to let out a double room to a transexual couple even if the family think it is in the best interests of their children to refuse to allow such a situation in their own home.
Make it illegal for a heterosexual policeman, fireman or member of the Armed Forces to refuse to join a Gay Pride event promoting the homosexual way of life.
All these people should live together respectfully and peacefully but they should not be compelled by law to act against their conscience. It is not too much to ask of the Government that individuals are left with the freedom to make their own minds up as to what sexual practices are acceptable and what aren’t.
We call on the Ministers with authority on this issue, Meg Munn and Ruth Kelly, to protect the long cherished freedom of conscience in this country, by adding a simple clause to the Regulations:
‘Nothing in these Regulations shall force an individual to act against their conscience or strongly held religious beliefs.’
Write to Ruth Kelly, Dept for Communities and Local Government, Eland House, Bressenden Place, London SW1E 5DU 0207 944 4400
Meg Munn, Women and Equality Unit, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET 0207 215 5000
munnm@parliament.uk
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