David Suchet says Christianity is being marginalised in Britain

|PIC1|Christianity is being marginalised in Britain because of a concern for not offending other faiths, says the actor David Suchet.

The star of ITV’s Poirot told Woman’s Weekly magazine: “I do feel that Christianity is being marginalised by other religions in Britain.”

Suchet, who was confirmed two years ago, claimed a charity he worked for had been recently turned down for Government funding “because it was a Christian charity, even though it had been funded by the Government for several years”.

“Don’t misunderstand me. We should embrace all religions and marginalise none,” he told the magazine. “But we seem more concerned with marginalising Christianity, and not offending other faiths.

“We are in danger of losing the importance of the Christian faith in our own country,” he said.
Suchet is the narrator of a new audio version of The Jesus Storybook Bible out this month.

His comments come amid concerns that Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill may lead to a ban on Christmas.

The Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales told MPs last week that the Bill could lead to town halls and other organisations cancelling nativity plays and other Christian events.

“Under existing legislation, we have seen the development of a risk-averse culture with outcomes as ridiculous as reports of a local authority instructing tenants to take down Christmas lights in case they might offend Muslim neighbours, or of authorities removing the word Christmas out of cultural sensitivity to everyone except Christians,” they told the parliamentary committee examining the Bill.

“If this Bill is serious about equality, everything possible must be done to avoid it having a ‘chilling effect’ on religious expression and practice.”