The cruel hounding of Tim Farron is bloodsport for secularists

Apr 26, 2017 by

by Stephen Daisley, Spectator:

For the benefit of Sky News, standard Christian doctrine says gay sex is a sin. It’s the sin that gives sinning a good name. There ought to be a stewards’ inquiry into why it didn’t make it into the Ten Commandments. But, yes, it’s one of those trespasses we ask to be forgiven. 

Sky’s Darren McCaffrey demanded to know Tim Farron’s view on the matter at a Lib Dem event on Monday. In case you’re wondering, Farron hasn’t proposed banning the love that once dared not speak its name and now won’t shut up about it. Nor does he want to roll back any of the gains the gay rights movement has made in the last 20 years. In fact, he has criticised equal marriage legislation for failing to accommodate the rights of trans people and wants to see the ‘spousal veto’ scrapped. 

But Farron is a Christian and, worse, one of those ones who actually believes it all. This is baffling to journalists whose only exposure to religion is Giles Fraser, the Archbishop of Kings Place, and who regard Richard Coles as a bit too Jesus-y. Cathy Newman, who launched the inquisition back in 2015 when Farron replaced Nick Clegg as Lib Dem leader, returned to the pressing matter last week.  Newman inquired:

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Read also: Ann Widdecombe: Tim Farron’s being bullied over beliefs, Daily Express

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