The Christian Registrar again

LifeSiteNews ,com reports, '.... a spate of hostile editorials has appeared over the case, even in what are usually regarded as the "conservative" papers. Miss Ladele has been attacked as a "bigot" and her religion, which remains the official established state religion of Britain, has been described as inherently "intolerant" and undeserving of a place in public life.

The Guardian, known as one of Britain’s most left-leaning papers, called the decision of the Tribunal to uphold Miss Ladele’s rights "astonishing" and warned that it would lead to a glut of religious employees "flourishing their religious convictions" on issues such as "gay rights" and "abortion pills."

The Times, widely regarded as the more moderate and balanced paper, fronted the headline: "Lillian, the marriage registrar who’s wedded to bigotry." Rod Liddle, who also contributes to the Spectator, one of the western world’s leading "conservative" political magazines, wrote that "the fact that she can append her bigotry to a minority view within a church attended by a vanishingly small section of the British population apparently swung the day."

The Telegraph, the paper strongly supportive of the resurgent Tory party, offered, "Religious beliefs can be tolerated at best" and said that Ladele should have put her beliefs to one side. Sam Leith wrote that "regardless of her personal convictions, the job of a registrar does now involve presiding over civil ceremonies for gay couples."

"The suggestion seems to be that rights in law are conferred on her ‘by virtue’ of her Christianity - that a special protection should be extended to her prejudice because it is superstitious in character. That’s rubbish, and pernicious rubbish. Bigotry is bigotry, whether or not it hides behind the skirts of the Almighty. "'

This is an astonishing flood of liberal bias even from those who should know better like the Torygraph. I am pleased to report that I have not regularly bought any newspapers for years, ever since the Dirtry Digger took The Times downhill.