Christian Concern for our Nation is urging Christians to pray and act against a Bill passing through Parliament that could lead to the legalisation of assisted suicide and the removal of a free speech protection clause in relation to sexual orientation.
The Coroners and Justice Bill will be debated in Parliament on June 23 and may go to vote the following day.
Under current law, Christians have the right to discuss, criticise and urge abstinence from certain forms of sexual conduct.
CCFON has warned that if the Bill is passed, it will “open the door to police investigation of Christians for merely commenting on the Christian viewpoint on sexual conduct and thereby prohibit the preaching of the Gospel”.
CCFON is urging Christians to sign its Life & Liberty, which will be delivered to the Queen, Prime Minister and Leader of the House of Lords.
The petition asks them to protect the value of human life by opposing proposed amendments authorising state-sanctioned assisted suicide and to protect freedom of speech by retaining the free speech clause within the sexual orientation hatred offence.
CCFON is also inviting Christians to join in a prayer meeting in Westminster on June 22.
“Stand with us at this crucial time to unite, pray and act, and to encourage all those in your churches to do the same, against the grave and immediate danger represented by the pernicious Coroners and Justice Bill,” said CCFON’s Andrea Minichiello Williams and Ade Omooba.
On the web: www.ccfon.org/petition.php and www.ccfon.org
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