UKIP: CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ‘MUST BE ALLOWED TO DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE TIN’
By Julian Mann
Your curate put this question to the UK Independence Party's regional organiser for the North East of England, Gordon Parkin: under a UKIP administration, would the right of Christian faith schools to teach biblical morality be upheld?
Mr Parkin answered as follows:
Yes. Christian faith schools must be allowed to teach Christian faith and morals. They must be allowed to do what it says on the tin. The agenda of political correctness should not be shoved down their throats.
In his interview with the gay magazine Attitude, Conservative leader David Cameron was asked: 'Do you think that the right of gay children to have a safe education trumps the right of faith schools to teach that homosexuality is a sin?'
He answered:
Basically yes – that's the short answer to that, without getting into a long religious exegesis. I mean, I think, yes. I think….. [long pause] ….. I don't want to get into an enormous row with the Archbishop here. But I think the Church has to do some of the things that the Conservative Party has been through – sorting this issue out and recognising that full equality is a bottom line full essential.
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