The gentleman I spoke to said we are in a free society and the Conservative Party does not believe in discriminating against homosexuals. When I said that I did not believe this either but that sex is for marriage between a man and a woman, he said that I was entitled to my beliefs but that we are in a free and inclusive society. So would it be alright for an adult to have sex with a child? He acknowledged there were limits to freedom and accused me of taking him down another path and did not want to discuss it. So, who decides what is right and wrong? How can it be up to a government or political party to dictate these matters to us? Unless we acknowledge a natural (divine) law that must be accepted, not decided by democratic process, we get ourselves and our society into a mess and end up with the dictatorship of relativism spoken of by Pope Benedict before he was elected Pope.
I am a natural Conservative voter (I would never preach this in a homily). I also believe in voting for the man on the ballot paper, not the party he/she belongs to. I'm not voting for a PM but for an MP. But, paraphrasing St Peter in John 6, I still ask: Lord, to whom shall we turn? Only you have the message of truth and eternal life and none of our political parties seem fit for the job of ordering society according to the laws of nature.
What Philip Lardner said:
As your MP I will support the rights of parents and teachers to refuse to have their children taught that homosexuality is ‘normal’ behaviour or an equal lifestyle choice to traditional marriage.
According to the Daily Telegraph
In the offending article, which was removed from his website on Tuesday afternoon, Mr Lardner said he supported homosexual rights to live the lives they want in private.
“But I will not accept that their behaviour is 'normal' or encourage children to indulge in it,” he continued
“Toleration and understanding is one thing, but state-promotion of homosexuality is quite another..."
But Mr Cameron insisted that the Conservative Party supports gay equality, adding: “I couldn't have acted quicker – decisive action in minutes of finding out about this.”
Andrew Fulton, chairman of the Scottish Conservatives, confirmed Mr Lardner’s party membership had been suspended, adding: “These views have no place in the modern Conservative party.”
In other words, there is no room in the modern Conservative Party for a Christian.
As well as my post below, see
Anorak
Sorry this post is muddled. I'm upset!
I'm sure the Conservative party has plenty of room for Christians who take a mature attitude to human sexuality.
ReplyDeleteSo here we find a candidate within the Conservative party who reflects the views
ReplyDeleteof mine and most people I mix with and meet in shop queues.
But then we are a type that doesn't cause ANY problem to our neighbours or police,
who raise our children to have integrity they and are a pleasure to know.
My husband and I successfully raised six lovely children, We have experience and feel we
should promote the time honoured values which have been the basis of that experience.
So why can't we have a member of parliament who embraces those same values of the
MAJORITY of the people of this country? The modern mindset had to have it's
representatives after all to erode the standards in laws in the first place; so is it really
just to deny our voices?
Philip Lardner is the kind of figure head I would like to see teaching my children
so we find it most alarming that he has been dismissed from his job as well as his
position as party candidate. Very worrying! We support him!
leynos said...
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the Conservative party has plenty of room for Christians who take a mature attitude to human sexuality.
"a mature attitude"? Translation; one which agrees with me.
"In other words, there is no room in the modern Conservative Party for a Christian." You are not the only one to be upset.
ReplyDeleteI would say that there is no room in the modern Conservative Party for a conservative.
"In other words, there is no room in the modern Conservative Party for a Christian."
ReplyDeleteGlad to see some realisation, of that, dawning on you Father! I have long believed it. If there were more like Ian Duncan Smith, and Mr. Lardner I might change my opinion