Another successful skirmish before the minions of the night envelop us in a new Dark Age of political correctness.
The Prime Minister’s office has rejected a petition asking it to reprimand a Christian MP who expressed the Bible’s teaching about homosexual practice.
Iris Robinson, DUP MP for Strangford, was speaking on a BBC radio programme in June when she said the Bible describes homosexuality as an “abomination”.
She also referred positively to the work of Dr Paul Miller, a psychiatrist who helps people suffering from unwanted same-sex attraction.
Following the comments John O’Doherty, Co-Chair of the Northern Ireland Policing Board LGBT Reference Group, made a formal complaint to the police about the remarks.
“People like Mrs Robinson need to learn that their comments have consequences,” he said at the time. The Police Service of Northern Ireland did investigate the complaint.
Mrs Robinson says there has been a concerted campaign to silence her. “I think at the moment there is a witch hunt to curb or actually stop or prevent Christians speaking out and I make no apology for what I said because it’s the word of God,” she said in June.
Mrs Robinson pointed out that her criticism was directed at the practice of homosexuality, rather than homosexuals themselves.
“I was very careful in saying that I have nothing against any homosexual,” she said. “I love them; that is what the Lord tells me, to love the sinner and not the sin.”
