NOM Angry Christians ‘Persecuted The Way Gays Were’ While Persecuting Gays

NOM, the National Organization For Marriage, today on their NOM Blog posted a story titled “Former Archbishop of Canterbury: Christians in UK Being Persecuted the Way Gays Once Were.” The piece — in NOM’s usual style of merely and effortlessly re-publishing someone else’s content — is an excerpt from a piece with the same title at the infamously anti-gay site, LifeSite News.

An excerpt of the excerpt:

In a strongly-worded statement submitted to the European Court of Human Rights, former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord George Carey has said that Christians in Britain are being “vilified” by the courts and “driven underground” with the same kind of persecution once directed at homosexuals.

In particular Carey pointed the finger at the British judiciary’s use of equality law to marginalize Christianity.

“In a country where Christians can be sacked for manifesting their faith, are vilified by State bodies, are in fear of reprisal or even arrest for expressing their views on sexual ethics, something is very wrong,” Lord Carey wrote.

“It affects the moral and ethical compass of the United Kingdom. Christians are excluded from many sectors of employment simply because of their beliefs; beliefs which are not contrary to the public good.”

Of course, even LifeSite News offers a bit of balance NOM never could. They add:

Reacting to Lord Carey’s submission to the ECHR, the executive director of the UK’s National Secular Society, Keith Porteous-Wood, told the Daily Mail, “The idea that there is any kind of suppression of religion in Britain is ridiculous. Even in the European Convention on Human Rights, the right to religious freedom is not absolute – it is not a licence to trample on the rights of others. That seems to be what Lord Carey wants to do.”

Who else claims “a licence to trample on the rights of others”? Apparently, NOM.

And let’s deconstruct this a bit. If NOM is upset about persecution — perceived or real — of Christians, perhaps they should then be upset about their own persecution of the LGBT community, and make amends.

It’s hardly possible or credible or pious or “common-sensical” to scream about persecution of the majority when you’re actively engaged in persecuting a minority.

In fact, it’s rather repugnant.