Rowan Williams, like so many other public figures over the past couple of months, sought to co-opt William Wilberforce in a speech yesterday. In an act of stupendous logical contortion, he uses Wilberforce, an elected politician (albeit in an era of rotten boroughs) as a tool for his argument against reforming the House of Lords:… Continue reading The sad moral decline of Rowan Williams
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More on the Scottish Macho Christianity row…
The Times has an in depth article here. My favourite line is this from the irreverand George Hargreaves: “That money allows me to do the work that needs to be done to advance Christianity. “What would they prefer me to do? Flush the money down the toilet? That would be ungodly.†Spoken like a true… Continue reading More on the Scottish Macho Christianity row…
Brian Souter’s party abstained on sexual orientation discrimination regs
Interesting to see that, of the 6 SNP MPs, 1 voted for the sexual orientation discrimination regulations, 1 voted against, and 4 sat on their hands. This, just days after receiving half a million pounds from Scotland’s homophobe-in-chief, Brian Souter. Did they abstain to avoid provoking their new cash cow? What implications does this have… Continue reading Brian Souter’s party abstained on sexual orientation discrimination regs