近日,英国曼彻斯特的一位主教警告说现代的法律制度歧视并且反对基督教。现代的法律在对待那些信仰基督的人的身上进行了不公正的区别。这是怎么回事,真的是这样吗?我们来看下面的雅思阅读材料。
TheBishopofWinchester, theRtRevMichaelScott-Joynt, warnedthatthedeathofreligiousliteracyamongthosewhomadeandadministeredthelawhadcreatedanimbalanceinthewayinwhichthosewithfaithweretreatedcomparedtosexualminorities.
HighlightingthecaseGaryMcFarlane, arelationshipcounsellorwhowassackedbyRelateforrefusingtogivesextherapytoahomosexualcouple, hesaidthatthejudiciarynowwentoutofitswaytoprotecttherightsofminorities.
Atthesametime, forthefirsttimeinBritishhistorypoliticiansandjudgeswerelargelyignorantofreligionandsofailedto
appreciatetheimportanceChristiansplacedonabidingbythescripturesratherthanthepoliticallycorrectvaluesofthesecularstate.
TheBishopsconcernswereunderlinedbyLordWoolf, aformerLordChiefJustice, whoagreedthatinsomelegalcasesthebalancehadgonetoofarintippingawayfromChristians.
HiswordsechorecentwarningsfromotherchurchleadersaboutwhattheyperceiveasattacksonChristianity.
ThecritiqueoftheHumanRightsActislikelytofuelthecriticismofDavidCameronforfailingtoabidebyapre-election
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