DISQUS

Bruce · 2 years ago

Interesting to get this perspective on Christianity in politics from your side of the pond. You may be aware how strikingly reticent Brit politics is about God compared with the US.

Billy · 2 years ago

We are not without christianity in politics either - thankfully it is not on the same scale, but I do remember Tony Blair saying he asked God if he should go to war in Iraq, and Gordon Brown wont shut up about being a "son of the manse" We also have a bubch of odd balls called the Scottish Christian Party. Here are some of their policies:
Hold a referendum as to whether to reinstate the death penalty for severe crimes, where two or three witnesses were present at the scene crime & forensic science confirms involvement. ( which is not the same as advocating the death penalty merely putting the topic to the people)

legislation to ban abortion( 12,000) per year in Scotland.

increased taxation on alcohol and tobacco

initiatives to bring personal responsibility to bear upon self-inflicted disease (such as alcoholism)

Zero tolerance on drug possession

curfews for under 11 year olds, with mandatory intervention of child protection agencies in relation to any child 10 years or younger that is found unaccompanied on the street after 9:00pm

To bring in the right of teachers to use corporal punishment in extreme circumstances.

greater observance of a weekly day of rest (Sunday)

seek limits around coastlines to preserve stocks of fish and sand eels

promotion in school of chastity before marriage

re-instatement of Section 2A (also known as Section 28), thus calling for the end of "the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship."

re-introduce corporate readings from the Bible in all Scottish state schools

provision of Christian religious education should be mandatory, with no obligation to promote other faiths, regardless of the wishes of those being instructed or their parents

science curriculum should "reflect the evidence of creation/design" in the universe

public health campaigns to discourage homosexuality alongside excessive drinking and the use of addictive substances, whilst maintaining "God loves and we should love" such individuals

restore the right for parents to smack their children - such a right does in fact exist.

Mind Pollution Levy on 18 Certificate Films, DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Top Shelf magazines

seek to re-establish the principle of the innocent party in a divorce being acknowledged in any divorce settlement

discouraging the "obsessive" practice of addressing women as Ms.

oppose the practice of altering birth certificates to reflect gender re-orientation surgery

promote biblical alternatives to the current criminal justice system, including emphasising the role of witnesses over forensic evidence

that Mechanical Copyright Protection enjoyed by songwriters should be extended to featured recording artists and record producers

that a minimum royalty percentage (the level of which should be decided through consultation with the music industry) should be paid to featured recording artists and producers on exactly the same basis as is currently paid to songwriters