From an article in todays Times, written by Lord Johnathan Sachs, Chief Rabbi of UHCC.

The preface to his article sums up my stance on the issues we have been discussing.

"The Pope is right about the threat to freedom
We may not agree with the Vatican line on homosexuality. But the State is trampling on our rights as individuals.
There are times when human rights become human wrongs. This happens when rights become more than a defence of human dignity, which is their proper sphere, and become instead a political ideology, relentlessly trampling down everything in their path. This is happening increasingly in Britain, and it is why the Pope's protest against the Equality Bill, whether we agree with it or not, should be taken seriously."
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