Lawyers' Christian Fellowship: Protest is for religious freedom

Tuesday, 09, Jan 2007 12:00

The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship (LCF) has condemned the new sexual orientation regulations as "a major threat to their freedom of conscience and religion."

The organisation will be participating in a demonstration outside parliament tonight to coincide with a House of Lords debate on the regulations, which prevent businesses from refusing to provide goods or services on the grounds of sexual orientation.

Thomas Cordrey, LCF public policy analyst, commented: "Christians have no desire to discriminate unjustly on the grounds of sexual orientation, but they cannot and must not be forced to actively condone and promote sexual practices which the Bible teaches are wrong."

A petition signed by 10,000 people against the bill will also be delivered to Buckingham Palace.

Alfred Williams, who helped organise the petition, commented: "These regulations are a new form of slavery. Unless amended they will enslave our conscience."