Some Thoughts on the Persecution of TIM FARRON
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This is probably being a little tongue in cheek; and it probably isn’t the most serious or important story in the news right now.
But it bothered me enough to want to say something about it. Specifically about Liberal Democrats leader, Tim Farron, resigning. The reason he has specifically given for having done so is the pressure and criticism he has received lately on account of his Christian beliefs.
This was something I had been vaguely hearing about in the news during the weeks leading up to the recent General Election. And it had been bothering me the whole time. Farron was being repeatedly asked by journalists to clarify his ‘position’ on gay sex – specifically, whether he believed it was a ‘sin’. While he was very evasive about the subject and didn’t commit to a definit...