Fight Back wrote:

Jimmy Stewart's Imaginary Rabbit wrote:

Fight Back wrote:
I bet she'd complain if she'd been refused the opportunity to stand as a councillor because she's a Christian. To use “conscience decision” as a reason to discriminate against someone is frankly unacceptable.

I dunno, I think it's a worse crime to tell people how they should vote, and then censure them when they don't fall into line. She may well be away with the fairies (well, she IS a Green and therefore has a skewed view of reality), but politicians with principles are rare enough breed as it is without trying to crush the ones who DO dare to think for themselves.

I don't agree with her (to put it mildly) but I do admire someone who has stuck her head above the parapet and is prepared to sacrifice any chance she may have had of climbing the greasy pole in order to make a moral stand.

Oh I agree - councillors / politicians voting against party lines because they think that is the best thing to do is a good thing.

What I object to in this case is someone hiding behind their religion to promote discrimination. If I were to discriminate against someone, or a group of people, due to their skin colour, gender or religion then I would rightly run the risk of prosecution. Christians need to move to the 21st century and leave their medieval discrimination in history where is belongs. In this day and age EVERYONE regardless of gender, sexuality, race, colour, creed or religion should have equal rights.