There are a few comments elsewhere on this blog about Martin Salter’s comments about the Pope, his dress and his hypocrisy. Just in case you missed it, here’s a link to the post and a little taster of what Martin wrote. Well said Martin – although I’m not sure we’d agree about much else.
I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the relationship between organised religion and politics. You only have to look across the water at Northern Ireland to understand the minefield that this lethal cocktail can create.
However, yesterday’s comments by the Pope on Britain’s lawmaking could possibly be the first time that a bloke in a dress has complained about equality legislation. According to His Holiness, Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill on how it’s not okay to discriminate against gay people (or old people, or black or disabled people for that matter) “violates natural law”, which is code for saying “we want all the benefits of living in a society where religious freedoms are protected, just as long as we don’t have to afford those protections to others.”
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