# That "H" word
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey got his cassock in twist about the BNP:
Lord Carey said the other panellists should have challenged him more on his "deceitful attempt to align his despicable policies with Christianity".
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"To hear the phrase 'Christian Britain' coming from the mouth of Nick Griffin made me shudder...
He called on "all Christians to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in rejection of Griffin's notion that 'Christianity' has any place in his bigotry".
I can't help but wonder how many of the BNP's policies have been supported by Christian churches in the past. Would it have been better if Griffin had said that he represented 1950's Christian Britain?
Of course, even in contemporary terms, Carey is full of shit. Speaking of bigotry:
Members of the Forward in Faith group discussed the Pope's invitation to Anglicans to convert to Catholicism but keep many of their existing practices.
Many who are considering conversion are unhappy at women bishops being introduced into the Church of England.
Female Anglican bishops are only a recent development, the Catholic church still won't allow female priests, Judaism and Islam are no better. Where are the activists campaigning to keep religious leaders off the telly?
File under: world : {2009.10.25 - 07:51}
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