Churches unite against gay laws

Tony Blair’s EngSoc regime has given the Church of England and the Church of Rome something to unite about: exemption from church agencies being forced to follow pro-gay adoption policies in contravention to their religious teachings.

Churches were on a collision course with the Government last night after the Archbishops of Canterbury and York backed their Roman Catholic counterpart by criticising new gay rights laws. Dr Rowan Williams and Dr John Sentamu, the two most senior figures in the Church of England, said in a joint letter to the Prime Minister that the consciences of Christians must not be trampled over.

What a radical concept! Someone other than Moslems should have their views respected? Revolutionary! (Or is it counter-revolutionary…whatever.)

In what is escalating into a full-scale political battle, they threw their weight behind an appeal by Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor for Catholic adoption agencies to be exempted from the new laws so they can turn away same-sex couples.

It’ll be interesting to see what direction this one takes as it unfolds further.