It is time to make UK Overseas Aid contingent on religious liberty
Funny, isn't it, how it takes the mainstream media to report on the Islamic persecution of a pregnant Christian woman to elicit substantive responses from David Cameron, Hillary Clinton and a host of celebrities. They tend not to be overly concerned with the persecution of Christian men.
A fortnight ago, all we had from Her Majesty's Government on this case was an expression of "deep concern". Now that The Times, BBC and Hillary Clinton are on board, the Prime Minister is rather more trenchant: "The way she is being treated is barbaric and has no place in today's world," he told the Times. "I urge the government of Sudan to overturn the sentence and immediately provide appropriate support and medical care for her and her children...The UK will continue to press the government of Sudan to act."
The thing is, HM Government (ie UK taxpayers) are giving aid money to Sudan. According to the YouTube news report above, it appears that we don't donate directly, but we do give. His Grace is of the view that a government which is bold enough to make overseas aid contingent on a nation's promotion of gay rights ought equally to ensure that the aid budget is used to promote religious liberty. http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/...
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DP111 · 565 weeks ago
Funny, isn't it, how it takes the mainstream media to report on the Islamic persecution of a pregnant Christian woman to elicit substantive responses from David Cameron, Hillary Clinton and a host of celebrities. They tend not to be overly concerned with the persecution of Christian men.
A fortnight ago, all we had from Her Majesty's Government on this case was an expression of "deep concern". Now that The Times, BBC and Hillary Clinton are on board, the Prime Minister is rather more trenchant: "The way she is being treated is barbaric and has no place in today's world," he told the Times. "I urge the government of Sudan to overturn the sentence and immediately provide appropriate support and medical care for her and her children...The UK will continue to press the government of Sudan to act."
The thing is, HM Government (ie UK taxpayers) are giving aid money to Sudan. According to the YouTube news report above, it appears that we don't donate directly, but we do give. His Grace is of the view that a government which is bold enough to make overseas aid contingent on a nation's promotion of gay rights ought equally to ensure that the aid budget is used to promote religious liberty.
http://archbishop-cranmer.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/...