Anti-Extremism Bill may target Christians who oppose same-sex marriage, lobby group warns

May 3, 2016 by Jill

by Harry Farley, Christian Today:

Christians who oppose gay marriage could be targeted with “false accusations” of extremism under an upcoming bill, a lobby group has warned.

David Cameron will introduce measures to ban organisations, silence individuals and close down groups that “promote hatred” in legislation to be announced later this month. The bill will be the central focus of the Queen’s Speech on May 18, according to The Times.

Extremism could be defined so as to promote same-sex marriage, Calvert warned.

However Simon Calvert, deputy director of public affairs at The Christian Institute, told Christian Today the new powers could be used to target Christians

“The government talks about tackling extremism and preventing people promoting hatred,” said Calvert.

“If those words had their ordinary meaning Christians would have nothing to worry about but unfortunately they don’t. People routinely use the word ‘extremist’ to label Christians and they often falsely accuse them of hatred.

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