Andrew Hambler assesses Barnabas Fund’s call for a new law to ‘enshrine our religious freedoms’
For some months now, Barnabas Fund has been calling on supporters to sign a petition for a new law to guarantee religious liberty.
The petition reads as follows: ‘In the light of the British tradition of fair play, tolerance, diversity and equality, we the undersigned call upon the British government to introduce a new law to enshrine fully and permanently our hard-fought-for religious freedoms: the freedom to worship; to read Scriptures in public; to interpret Scriptures without government interference; to choose or change your faith; to preach and try to convince; to establish places of worship; and the freedom from being required to affirm particular beliefs to study, stand for election, or hold particular jobs (except where there is a genuine occupational requirement such as Chaplaincy posts).’
