Former UK Chief Justice, Lord Woolf, Warns against Penalising Christian Beliefs

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“We may have gone too far. If the law has gone too far in one direction, then the experience of the law is that it tends to move back. The law must be above any sectional interest even if it is an interest of a faith but at the same time it must be aware of the proper concerns of that faith... The law should be developed in ways that, wherever practicable, it allows that faith to be preserved and protected."

Speaking on the BBC’s World This Weekend show Lord Woolf acknowledged that the Bishop of Winchester’s concerns about the marginalization of Christianity had “a grounding in the facts." The bishop had pointed out that the demise of “religious literacy” had created an imbalance in the way Christians are treated by the courts. Also Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has urged the Prime Minister to review legislation which has been used to penalise Christians. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1341814/Christians-hit-human-rights-law-The-tide-turn-say-bishop-judge.html#ixzz1lzDLc69c