Christians treated too harshly by courts: UK Equalities Commission
Image via Wikipedia In what is being interpreted by some as an abrupt “u-turn,” the UK ’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has said that Christians are being treated too harshly by judges in legal battles , mostly over complaints brought forward by homosexuals. Commission lawyers say they are concerned that rulings against Christians already made by UK and European courts have created “a body of confusing and contradictory case law.” “Judges have interpreted the law too narrowly in religion or belief discrimination claims,” said a statement posted to the organization’s website. The EHRC also said that it will ask leave to intervene in upcoming cases at the European Court of Human Rights . In several cases Christians who have come into conflict with homosexualist activists under the UK’s recently installed Equality laws, are pursuing their complaints at the Strasbourg court. These include Lillian Ladele , the marriage registrar who refused to perform same-sex civil pa