Making a mockery of PM’S Christian values

WITH Easter approaching, David Cameron this week spoke of how ‘ the values of Christianity are the values that we need’, and called for a ‘fightback’ against attempts to ban the wearing of crosses.

Sadly, however, his words appear to hold little sway with a significant part of his Government, which is pushing Christianity ever further toward the margins of society.

As we reveal today, the Liberal Democrat minister Lynne Featherstone is urging the European Court of Human Rights to rule that Christians should have no rights to wear a religious symbol at work.

Ms Featherstone, whose politically-correct views are so right-on they are impossible to parody, says Christians should be prepared to confine their faith to their own time – and should find another job if unhappy that their employer bans crosses.

Imagine the uproar if the ‘equalities minister’, who is the architect of the gay marriage legislation, treated the followers of another religion in such a way.

But then her attitude is all too typical of those public officials who obsess over the rights of minorities while discriminating against a Christian faith that has defined this country’s values for centuries. The Mail does not doubt Mr Cameron’s sincerity on Christianity – but his words look pretty pathetic placed alongside the activities of Ms Featherstone. If he really means what he says, he should force the Lib Dem to withdraw her submission to Strasbourg’s cardboard court. Then he should do something that would be welcomed by followers of every religion: formally recognise the huge contribution that marriage and strong families make to building a stable, caring society.