UK: Pastor speech-control plan suddenly dropped

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“I posted about this plan last month, I can only assume the government got some “heat” about it and decided to drop it.”  Admin

A U.K. government plan, uncovered by the London Telegraph, to ensure that religious teaching conforms to “British values” through a national registry of religious leaders has been dropped abruptly.

As part of the government’s “anti-extremism” program, the leaders would have been subject to government-specified training and security checks.

“British values” are defined as ideas and actions that are democratic and non-discriminatory.

WND reported last month when Ciaran Kelly, a spokesman for the Christian Institute, warned, “If the reports are accurate, what the government is proposing turns the clock back on religious freedom more than 300 years.”

However, the institute now reports that the government has dropped the idea, citing a U.K. Home Office official who responded to letters from institute supporters.

Member of Parliament Mike Penning and other members of the Conservative Party confirmed the government has scrapped the plan.

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