Public intolerance toward Christians is an affront
Archbishop of York John Sentamu (at right) defends Christian prayer in today’s Daily Mail. Defending prayer has become necessary because British Christians are now being persecuted over prayer.
In recent days, prayer has found its way into the headlines for other reasons altogether. Last week, community nurse Caroline Petrie was suspended as a result of offering to pray for a patient’s recovery.
Yesterday, Jennie Cain, a primary school receptionist, was facing disciplinary action as a consequence of sending out an email asking friends to pray for her daughter.
The facts of the cases differ in their contexts and circumstances, but at their heart is a seeming intolerance and illiberality about faith in God which is being reflected in the higher echelons of our public services.
Here’s a BBC report about Mrs Cain’s dilemma.
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Does head teacher Gary Read really expect five-year-olds to accept his clueless distinction between “faith” and “fact”?
Simon Calvert of The Christian Institute said: “A five-year-old simply can’t be expected to nuance everything she says to comply with the demands of political correctness.
“Small children don’t understand post-modern ideas about your truth and my truth – they just say things as they see them.
Mr Read would do well to ponder some words from the man now persona non grata at Landscore Primary School:
From the lips of children and infants you have ordained praise.
Amen to that.