Is it any longer acceptable to be a Christian? News reaches me of a strange case involving the Liberal Democrat party. Ordinarily, I would pay no more attention to happenings within the Liberal Democrat party than I would to a golf tournament. But this case is a telling one.
It involves somebody called David Campanale, who has been deselected from the Lib Dems’ parliamentary candidate list. You would have thought that is quite a difficult thing to do. First because it is extraordinary that anyone would want to join the Lib Dems – the party is hardly bursting with talent. Secondly, since the party and its predecessor have traditionally been led by alcoholics and dog-murderers, I should have thought selection is a tricky thing to fail.
Kate Forbes was treated as though she was not just some kind of anomaly, but some sort of monster
But Mr Campanale is a Christian. And not just a Christian but a Christian who was involved with the Christian Peoples Alliance – a political party which has anti-abortion and anti-gay-marriage views.
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