• Login
  • Register
The Daily Sceptic
No Result
View All Result
  • Articles
  • About
  • Archive
    • ARCHIVE
    • NEWS ROUND-UPS
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Premium
  • Donate
  • Log In
The Daily Sceptic
No Result
View All Result

Christians Are Being Hounded From Their Jobs by the Perpetually Offended

by Belinda Brown
14 September 2024 9:00 AM

There is an outright onslaught on Christianity in the Western world. The faith on which our civilisation was built is being mocked and regarded with contempt. This is painfully visible in the U.K. which suffers possibly the highest number of incidents of intolerance against Christians in the Western world.

It did not start out like that. The inclusion of ‘religion and belief’ as one of the ‘protected characteristics’ in the 2010 Equality Act should have boded well for Christians. But what emerged instead was a hierarchy of protected characteristics with Christianity at the bottom of the list.

This became apparent in research which Voice for Justice U.K. carried out into the experiences of Christians in British society. Christians were subjects of mockery, discrimination and harassment, kept in place by threats of job loss often supported by anti-discrimination law.  Freedom of speech and conscience had been abandoned as Christians found they had to censor themselves, in schools, in their workplace, even within their church. If Christians expressed their views on sex and marriage they could find themselves on the wrong side of anti-discrimination policies.

Nowhere was this more conspicuous than with respect to LGBT ideology. Pushed to wear lanyards and adopt language and logos they disagreed with to make them voice opinions that are not their own, Christians sometimes pre-emptively left employment to avoid compromising their beliefs or being sacked.

Those working in education were most threatened. As schools have the responsibility for propagating this ideology, any hints of resistance meant loss of employment. Kwabana Peat, Olive Jones, Bernard Randall, Ben Dybowski, Keith Waters, Kristie Higgs, Glawdys Leger, Joshua Sutcliffe and many other Christians lost employment for falling foul of LGBT ideology. If pupils questioned this ideology they could be bullied by teachers. Faith schools were no better.

LGBT ideology has become the new global religion and in the U.K. this status is held in place thanks to the Equality Act.

LGBT ideology, by any metric, constitutes a significant belief system. It has clearly outlined dogmas, such as queer theory. It has its own holidays and festivals. It has propaganda, clothing, symbols and colours. It has its own blasphemy laws and it has its own degrees of belonging. LGBT+ dogma appears to be permitted a level of proselytisation not permitted to other beliefs.

How did this come about?

First homosexual behaviour was converted into an identity. Huge symbolic importance was attached to ‘coming out.’ In an early propaganda manual by Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen, the importance of turning homosexuality not just into an identity but into an ascribed characteristic was clearly outlined:

The mainstream should be told that gays are victims of fate, in the sense that most never had a choice to accept or reject their sexual preference. The message must read: “As far as gays can tell, they were born gay, just as you were born heterosexual or white or black or bright or athletic. Nobody ever tricked or seduced them; they never made a choice, and are not morally blameworthy. This twist of fate could as easily have happened to you!”

Twenty years later Ben Bradshaw explained that homosexuality was equivalent to race sex or disability. Without the belief that sexual orientation was an ascribed characteristic, subsequent discrimination legislation and same sex marriage could never have been achieved.

Initially, equalities legislation ignored sexual orientation. When in 2005 the Labour Party proposed an Equality Bill in its election manifesto, it focused on religion and belief. The party wanted to appeal to Muslim voters and believed that they might feel offended if they were ‘lumped together’ with homosexuals.

When the Sexual Orientation Regulations (SOR) were subsequently introduced there was little time for them to go through the same rigorous legislative processes. Instead they were drafted without opportunities for debate. The impact of sexual orientation on religion and belief was not given proper consideration. This resulted in legislation where, for example, Catholic adoption agencies had to shut down because they wouldn’t cater for same sex parents (even though plenty of other adoption agencies did). It set the pattern which we see holding sway today where there is a clear hierarchy of rights.

Key to this process was the National Secular Society (NSS), which realised it could use sexual orientation legislation to help suppress religion in the public realm. To this end the NSS issued 10 press releases championing the Sexual Orientation Regulations. Even Stonewall issued only three. The British Humanist Association similarly pushed for more gay rights while arguing against protections for religion and belief.

It did not end here. Kirk and Madsen in their propaganda manual discussed ways of undermining Christianity:

Use talk to muddy the moral waters, that is, to undercut the rationalisations that ‘justify’ religious bigotry and to jam some of its psychic rewards… This entails publicizing support by moderate churches and raising serious theological objections to conservative biblical teachings.

Conservative churches, defined by the authors as “homohating”, are portrayed as “antiquated backwaters, badly out of step with the times and with the latest findings of psychology.”

The strategy proposed by Kirk and Madsen appears to have set the tone. For example, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission was so thoroughly infiltrated with anti-Christian sentiment that it even described Christian values as being like an “infection” that could harm children. Still today we are seeing due legal process threatened with virulently anti-Christian views.

This hostility towards Christianity is particularly problematic when, as we see in the Equality Act, legal processes are triggered not by objective actions but rather by what goes on in someone’s head. For example, harassment is defined as “unwanted conduct” which may have the effect of creating an “offensive environment” for the individuals. How the recipient ‘perceives’ this unwanted conduct is more important than the intention. Where Christians are perceived as “haters”, and workplaces are full of DEI initiatives telling us LGBT people are discriminated against, this can leave the door open to vexatious claims.

In fact, as research conducted by Voice for Justice U.K. showed, Christians frequently experience discrimination and a hostile, intimidating and offensive environment. But the employers who are supposed to protect them against this are often the perpetrators. And their weapon is the Equality Act.

Voice for Justice U.K. has recently published a report exploring the state of Christianity in British society today. It is also running a Commission of Inquiry into Discrimination Against Christians. For further information or if you think you would like to contribute to the Commission of Inquiry, see here.

Tags: Cancel CultureChristianityLGBTPropagandaWokeWoke Authoritarianism

Donate

We depend on your donations to keep this site going. Please give what you can.

Donate Today

Comment on this Article

You’ll need to set up an account to comment if you don’t already have one. We ask for a minimum donation of £5 if you'd like to make a comment or post in our Forums.

Sign Up
Previous Post

They Won’t Be Content Until They Have Expunged Every Heretical Thought From Our Brains

Next Post

Fiat Suspends Production of Electric Car for Month Due to Slump in EV Demand

Subscribe
Login
Notify of
Please log in to comment

To join in with the discussion please make a donation to The Daily Sceptic.

Profanity and abuse will be removed and may lead to a permanent ban.

16 Comments
Oldest
Newest Most Voted
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments
Mogwai
Mogwai
4 months ago

So if Sweden can do it…..It’s time for the wise words of Gad ‘Obe Wan’ Saad;

”The ultimate form of Suicidal Empathy:

Noble Prospective Immigrant: Please, please, please, please, please, let me into your society. I just want a chance to thrive. Please.

The West: OK, come in.

Noble Immigrant: I hate you. I hate your culture. I hate your values. I hate your religion. I have your freedoms. I hate your liberties. I hate the air that you breathe. I hate everything about you, your ancestors, and your descendants. We shall recreate here the exact society from which we fled. Your society is disgusting.

The West: Oh I see. Thank you for sharing your feedback. OK, so let us see how we can increase immigration from your Noble Societies.”

This guy looks like he’s off to a good start as a British citizen in terms of integrating. The ‘tea towel’ tells me all I need to know, but at least he had the Lord Mayor of Brighton to make him feel right at home;

https://x.com/JackBMontgomery/status/1879203930187665518

11
0
Mogwai
Mogwai
4 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Imagine being so grateful and happy to reach your final destination in Europe and be given asylum and safety from the horrors you’ve left behind in your homeland that your first thought is to go out with your pals and gang rape a lone native female? I mean, if that doesn’t scream ”I’m eternally grateful to be here and I intend to learn and respect your customs, contribute and fully integrate into your society” I don’t know what does. And their measly sentences because they were tried as minors is the final insult. Geert needs to deport this scum;

”Four men were convicted in the cruel gang rape of a homeless woman in Helmond about a year ago. The District Court in Den Bosch sentenced three of them to 15 months in a youth detention center, and the other to 12 months, but they each can get three months of their sentence suspended if certain conditions are met. A fifth suspect was found guilty of sexual assault and sentenced to four months in juvenile detention.

The 33-year-old woman was alone on a park bench on December 16, 2023 in the Burgemeester Geukerspark in Helmond. The court surmised the allegations, saying that two of the co-defendants walked up to the woman, bound her, grabbed her under the arms, and dragged her to a grassy area. “She was then pushed to the ground and beaten, her mouth was pressed shut so that she could not scream for help and then she was brutally raped multiple times and in multiple rounds by the [suspects], both vaginally and anally.”

In this case, the four suspects convicted of gang rape were all “unaccompanied, minor foreigners,” the court noted, saying, “they still need a great deal of help and guidance in functioning in Dutch society.” They were also ordered to pay nearly 15,500 euros in compensation to the victim.
The Public Prosecution Service had recommended two years in youth detention against four of the five suspects, with several months suspended on condition. Under juvenile criminal law, the judges presiding over the case could impose a maximum of two years in a juvenile correctional facility for the convicted suspects. They could have added an order to spend a maximum of seven years in a psychiatric facility.
Had the court chosen to punish the suspects as adults, they could have received up to 12 years in prison for rape.”

https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/14/four-convicted-gang-rape-homeless-woman-spend-15-mos-youth-detention

10
0
GroundhogDayAgain
GroundhogDayAgain
4 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

Two years isn’t nearly enough. Deportation must follow.

Certain crimes shouldn’t allow the defence of “I’m only a child”. Stealing maybe; gang-rape: you knew it was wrong, you’re therefore an adult, pay the price.

8
0
Mogwai
Mogwai
4 months ago
Reply to  GroundhogDayAgain

Yes exactly. I was reading Geert Wilders Twitter page. Everyone up in arms about it, as you can imagine. They’re saying they don’t want to become like England and lots of references to the rape gangs, also the reason they voted PVV was to import less Islam and deport the trash. It’s tricky with a coalition government though. Not sure where these particular migrants are from. Dutch press is bad for paywalling anything worth reading.
The defence were using some BS excuse in court about how them being unaccompanied youths with no adult guidance made them more susceptible to getting into trouble. As if they somehow don’t know basic right from wrong and committing a serious offence like this is inevitable.🤯
I’d like to know if they’re even minors at all and if they presented I.D that was checked. Oldest trick in the book, passing yourself off as a minor because it’s harder to be deported, as well as other perks, I’m sure. We don’t want dirtbags who don’t respect us, don’t appreciate this opportunity they have and can’t even adhere to the laws of the land.

7
0
huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
4 months ago
Reply to  GroundhogDayAgain

Start the sentence with castration.

8
0
Tonka Rigger
Tonka Rigger
4 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

€15,000? So, about £12600? Wow.

2
0
klf
klf
4 months ago
Reply to  Mogwai

“they still need a great deal of help and guidance in functioning in Dutch society.”

No shit! Whoever made the above comment, is morally reprehensible. Perhaps if they were subject to a similarly brutal attack, their appeasing attitude may change.

3
0
Jack the dog
Jack the dog
4 months ago

So, it can be done.

11
0
soundofreason
soundofreason
4 months ago
Reply to  Jack the dog

Yes. Interesting. How come Sweden has avoided being dragged to the ECHR? What’s the secret? We need it.

4
0
Matt Dalby
Matt Dalby
4 months ago
Reply to  soundofreason

Part of the secret could be that “mainstream” political parties in Sweden are happy to work with “populist” parties rather than labelling them far right and refusing point blank to form a coalition with them. AfD are currently in second place in German opinion polls, even if they manage to increase their popularity before the elections in March as get more votes than any other party they won’t be part of the next government as under PR they won’t be able to form a majority government and all the other parties will gang up on them.

5
0
stewart
stewart
4 months ago

Interesting that they call the Sweden Democrats the “anti-immigration” party. Usually those kind of parties are referred to as “far right”.

7
0
lulu-b45
lulu-b45
4 months ago

Funny how one country, Sweden, is the only one to successfully cope with the fake covid terror and immigration. Doesn’t say much about the political/medical quality of the rest

11
0
huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
4 months ago

https://x.com/recusant_raja/status/1876956597919842580?t=24LjeqRhm3iifRs28GPQIw&s=19

Oldham news – sort of.

2
0
ellie-em
ellie-em
4 months ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Raja has worked tirelessly to raise awareness of CSE and the complicit politicians.

0
0
Jackthegripper
Jackthegripper
4 months ago

Well done the Swedes, I wonder how many of their rejects end up in Britain where they will find a warm welcome and benefits galore

6
0
RTSC
RTSC
4 months ago

Well done to the Swedes. They’ve obviously decided not to allow their country, culture and heritage to be completely destroyed.

Just got to start the deportations now.

4
0
kev
kev
4 months ago

Sweden seem to be leading the way in several things over the last 5 or so years.

Joining NATO was a possible blip!

4
0
Kornea112
Kornea112
4 months ago

Are they sure it is Swedish government policy stopping the migrant influx or is it that there are more places the migrants would rather go than Sweden? It’s hard for any place to compete for migrants with the free handouts and luxury accommodation provided by Britain.

3
0
ellie-em
ellie-em
4 months ago

Sweden has cracked down on asylum seekers and tightened rules around asylum, with hardline immigration policies. This proves it can be done…but there has to be a willingness to do it!

That willingness and determination is fundamentally lacking in U.K. politics, irrespective which political party has been in ‘power’ to date. Two-tier Starmer and his cronies in the House has no intention whatsoever to tackle the massive problem.

Last edited 4 months ago by ellie-em
0
0

NEWSLETTER

View today’s newsletter

To receive our latest news in the form of a daily email, enter your details here:

DONATE

PODCAST

The Sceptic EP.37: David Frost on Starmer’s EU Surrender, James Price on Broken Britain and David Shipley on Lucy Connolly’s Failed Appeal

by Richard Eldred
23 May 2025
8

LISTED ARTICLES

  • Most Read
  • Most Commented
  • Editor’s Picks

News Round-Up

28 May 2025
by Richard Eldred

The Net Zero Agenda’s Continued Collapse Into Chaos

28 May 2025
by Ben Pile

What is ‘The Movement Forward’?

28 May 2025
by Charlotte Gill

Starmer Dragged Into Free Speech Union’s Koran-Burning Court Case

28 May 2025
by Toby Young

Dominic Cummings: Nigel Farage Could Definitely be Next PM

28 May 2025
by Toby Young

News Round-Up

19

Dominic Cummings: Nigel Farage Could Definitely be Next PM

17

US to Deny Visas to Foreign Officials Who Try to Censor US Social Media Platforms

15

AI Data Centre Blitz Threatens Labour’s Net Zero Hopes

14

What is ‘The Movement Forward’?

14

The Net Zero Agenda’s Continued Collapse Into Chaos

28 May 2025
by Ben Pile

Alasdair MacIntyre 1929-2025

27 May 2025
by James Alexander

Lies, Damned Lies and Casualty Numbers in Ancient History

26 May 2025
by Guy de la Bédoyère

Lord Frost: “The Boriswave Was a Catastrophic Error”

26 May 2025
by Laurie Wastell

The Legal Case Against the AfD Has Collapsed

25 May 2025
by Eugyppius

POSTS BY DATE

September 2024
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Aug   Oct »

SOCIAL LINKS

Free Speech Union

NEWSLETTER

View today’s newsletter

To receive our latest news in the form of a daily email, enter your details here:

POSTS BY DATE

September 2024
M T W T F S S
 1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30  
« Aug   Oct »

DONATE

LISTED ARTICLES

  • Most Read
  • Most Commented
  • Editor’s Picks

News Round-Up

28 May 2025
by Richard Eldred

The Net Zero Agenda’s Continued Collapse Into Chaos

28 May 2025
by Ben Pile

What is ‘The Movement Forward’?

28 May 2025
by Charlotte Gill

Starmer Dragged Into Free Speech Union’s Koran-Burning Court Case

28 May 2025
by Toby Young

Dominic Cummings: Nigel Farage Could Definitely be Next PM

28 May 2025
by Toby Young

News Round-Up

19

Dominic Cummings: Nigel Farage Could Definitely be Next PM

17

US to Deny Visas to Foreign Officials Who Try to Censor US Social Media Platforms

15

AI Data Centre Blitz Threatens Labour’s Net Zero Hopes

14

What is ‘The Movement Forward’?

14

The Net Zero Agenda’s Continued Collapse Into Chaos

28 May 2025
by Ben Pile

Alasdair MacIntyre 1929-2025

27 May 2025
by James Alexander

Lies, Damned Lies and Casualty Numbers in Ancient History

26 May 2025
by Guy de la Bédoyère

Lord Frost: “The Boriswave Was a Catastrophic Error”

26 May 2025
by Laurie Wastell

The Legal Case Against the AfD Has Collapsed

25 May 2025
by Eugyppius

SOCIAL LINKS

Free Speech Union
  • Home
  • About us
  • Donate
  • Privacy Policy

Facebook

  • X

Instagram

RSS

Subscribe to our newsletter

© Skeptics Ltd.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password? Sign Up

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In
No Result
View All Result
  • Articles
  • About
  • Archive
    • ARCHIVE
    • NEWS ROUND-UPS
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Premium
  • Donate
  • Log In

© Skeptics Ltd.

wpDiscuz
You are going to send email to

Move Comment
Perfecty
Do you wish to receive notifications of new articles?
Notifications preferences