THE BRITISH INQUISITION
In the latest attack upon England’s Christian heritage, the Torbay council have ordered that a wooden cross be removed from a crematorium chapel. As always, it has been claimed that this is to avoid offending other faiths.
The 5ft symbol has hung on the wall for 50 years without complaint.
Furthermore, the council has decreed that the chapel must no longer be called a chapel, and must instead be referred to as the ‘ceremony hall’.
Unusually, some Christians are making a stand. Peter Hayward, a chaplain of the Seaman’s Christian Friends Society, has refused to carry out any services until the cross is replaced. He said: ‘It’s a nonsense. They’re putting political correctness before people’. Mr Hayward has been supported by other churchmen, who have suggested that the cross be replaced with a curtain to be pulled across it for non-Christian services.
The Rev Anthony Macey said: ‘I am very angry about this. That cross has been in the chapel at the crematorium for nearly 50 years. And calling the chapel a ceremony hall is just ridiculous’.
Out of a population of 130,000, there are believed to be 1,000 from an ethnic minority, many of whom will of course be Christians.
Councillor Alan Faulkner said: ‘We live in a diverse multi-faith society. Indeed many people have no specific religious beliefs at all. The facility at Torquay Crematorium is not consecrated. The building was designed to be a neutral space for all to use. We have been getting more and more requests to remove the cross from the wall for specific services, and this poses a serious risk to staff who have to keep climbing a ladder to remove and replace it. Whilst I am a Christian, I fully support this decision as I recognise we have a duty as a council to cater for everyone’.
No one has suggested that the council should not cater for everyone. England is a tolerant country and has shown tolerance to those immigrants who do not share England’s Christian heritage. But the existence of non-Christian religions in England does not preclude the English from their own culture.
It is wholly wrong for the politically correct to be citing minority religions as an excuse for their actions.
The destruction of Christianity has always been a goal of political correctness from its very inception. This fact will be dealt by the English Rights Campaign in due course.
The 5ft symbol has hung on the wall for 50 years without complaint.
Furthermore, the council has decreed that the chapel must no longer be called a chapel, and must instead be referred to as the ‘ceremony hall’.
Unusually, some Christians are making a stand. Peter Hayward, a chaplain of the Seaman’s Christian Friends Society, has refused to carry out any services until the cross is replaced. He said: ‘It’s a nonsense. They’re putting political correctness before people’. Mr Hayward has been supported by other churchmen, who have suggested that the cross be replaced with a curtain to be pulled across it for non-Christian services.
The Rev Anthony Macey said: ‘I am very angry about this. That cross has been in the chapel at the crematorium for nearly 50 years. And calling the chapel a ceremony hall is just ridiculous’.
Out of a population of 130,000, there are believed to be 1,000 from an ethnic minority, many of whom will of course be Christians.
Councillor Alan Faulkner said: ‘We live in a diverse multi-faith society. Indeed many people have no specific religious beliefs at all. The facility at Torquay Crematorium is not consecrated. The building was designed to be a neutral space for all to use. We have been getting more and more requests to remove the cross from the wall for specific services, and this poses a serious risk to staff who have to keep climbing a ladder to remove and replace it. Whilst I am a Christian, I fully support this decision as I recognise we have a duty as a council to cater for everyone’.
No one has suggested that the council should not cater for everyone. England is a tolerant country and has shown tolerance to those immigrants who do not share England’s Christian heritage. But the existence of non-Christian religions in England does not preclude the English from their own culture.
It is wholly wrong for the politically correct to be citing minority religions as an excuse for their actions.
The destruction of Christianity has always been a goal of political correctness from its very inception. This fact will be dealt by the English Rights Campaign in due course.
posted by erc @ 2:18 pm
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