CT: What will these regulations mean for ordinary Christians who want to live according to the Bible and who may feel that providing a particular good or service to homosexuals may go against their conscience?
AW: They're going to fall foul of the law and may well find themselves being sued. So can I please say at this point, please contact the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship and we will look after you. These are battles we are going to have to fight. But isn't it a very sad day when Christians, simply for acting according to the Bible, are going to find themselves falling foul of the law in our great country, Great Britain. It is really a very, very sad day today.Things that are against God's will are being legislated for. And it would be good if the church would wake up just upon hearing that and call the nation back to Christ
Andrea Minichiello Williams, Public Policy Officer at the Lawyers' Christian Fellowship
CT: So it is a shock to you that you are even here holding this prayer vigil?
AW: Absolutely, when you consider our heritage, when you consider the great freedom that has come and how we have led the world. And why? Because our values, our laws, have been founded on our Christian values.
What Christianity does is promote true tolerance. And that is a respect for every human individual. We would never compel anyone to believe. We want all mankind to know and love the Lord Jesus as their Saviour. But we cant compel people to do that. And in the truly tolerant society we respect another person's right to make their own decisions.
These laws will impose a new morality and if we don't accord to that morality we will find ourselves falling foul of the law.
CT: A number of Christians have said these regulations have been passed through undemocratically. Would you agree with that?
AW: Absolutely and we will be looking to challenge that through the due process of law.
CT: What will the next step be?
AW: We will consider whether or not there is any legal recourse because of the way these regulations have been rushed through Parliament without any proper debate or procedure. If we take that course I pray that the whole Christian community will come behind us, help to raise the funds to do that and pray for us that we might be successful and yet still turn over these regulations. But as I stand outside Parliament tonight I am still praying for a most dramatic miracle in there.
