Forbes should not be made to feel ashamed for Christianity’s moral legacy
by Georgia L Gilholy, Conservative Home:
Mockery of Christianity, England’s supposed national faith, long ago became a political rite of passage. Despite the more marked religiosity of our Scottish cousins, and their propensity to scorn our trends, Holyrood has fallen into the same well-decorated trap.
Kate Forbes, who was once again touted as a future Scottish First Minister in the wake of Humza Yousaf’s welcome resignation, has faced numerous attacks for her Christian beliefs. The approach to Forbes reveals a troubling shift in British politics, but it is hardly a new one. Increasingly, there seems to be little tolerance for the Christian faith, especially when it’s expressed openly by public figures and they appears to actually believe what they say.
Meanwhile, lack of faith is regarded as neutral, when progressive zealotry- which rears its head on both the Left and Right of politics- shows precisely the opposite to be the case. While Forbes has for now stood aside, and with John Swinney set to take Scotland’s top role, her situation should worry anyone with respect for freedom of faith.
There seems to be some confusion on the Right as to why Yousaf’s Muslim faith was not regarded with the same suspicion. Forbes, a member of the Free Church of Scotland, has never tried to hide her faith, calling it “essential to my being”, and argued that it does not affect her ability to serve all her constituents. She says she has “a duty to represent them”. Forbes should not only not be ashamed of her faith, but proud of it, even on purely secular terms. Christianity is the single most important idea to ever reach Britain’s shores.
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