from The Christian Institute
The Christian Institute and others have called on the Charity Commission to reaffirm the value of faith-based charities following allegations they are ‘anti-rights’.
In a letter to the Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Institute and ten other Christian and Roman Catholic organisations named in Amnesty International UK’s report ‘A growing threat’ wrote to set the record straight on its inaccuracies.
It asked the charities regulator to reaffirm that “the advancement of religion” is a legitimate charitable aim, that Christian charities make a valued contribution to society, and are entitled to speak into contested areas of moral debate.
In its controversial briefing, Amnesty claimed that it had identified a network of groups “targeting the rights of women and LGBT+ people”. It has since removed the report from its website pending an “internal review” and has self-referred to the Charity Commission.