BBC religion boss says UK needs to deal with ‘assertive’ anti-gay Christianity

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The BBC's religion boss said migrants from Africa and Eastern Europe practice a more 'assertive' Christianity, often anti-gay

Joseph Patrick McCormick
19th March 2016, 12:56 PM

The head of religion at the BBC has warned that migrants from Africa and eastern Europe could be bringing “more assertive” forms of Christianity with “conflicting views” on equal marriage.

Aaqil Ahmed writes for the Independent that the UK needs to address a “chronic lack of religious literacy”, noting migration from Africa and easter Europe.

He says that there is a “more muscular Pentecostalism” identifiable within African communities in the UK, and an “upsurge in Catholic numbers” from eastern European countries such as Poland.

“Christianity may have been pronounced to be at death’s door in the last century but now it’s firmly back in the public space and how we deal with that is the real battle for Christianity here in the UK,” writes Ahmed.

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2016/03/19/bbc-religion-boss-says-uk-needs-to-deal-with-assertive-anti-gay-christianity/

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1. I think the answer is quite simple.

If you cannot live by the laws of the land, you should not go there to live.

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2. Gay people exist.

It's no choice, there's no cognition involved, it just is.