Christian Elected Party Leader – Media Freak Out [UK]

Breitbart ^ | 7/18/15 | Nick Hallet

[marshmallow]

One news event that may have passed most people by last week was the election of Tim Farron as leader of the Liberal Democrats.

The party, which was once Britain’s third largest, was decimated in May’s General Election, losing all but eight of its 57 seats, completing a brutal period of decline while it was in government alongside the Conservatives.

The inquisition began the morning after Farron’s election when the BBC’s John Humphreys asked him if he would “seek advice from God when it came to making important policy decisions”. Farron accused Humphreys of focusing on “the shocking revelation that a Christian says his prayers,” but Humphreys continued to press Farron on the issue.

Later that day, Farron appeared on Channel 4 News where presenter Cathy Newman spent 40 seconds asking him about UK military involvement in Syria before spending the next four minutes talking about his views on abortion and gay sex.

On abortion, Farron said that he thought “every abortion constitutes a tragedy” but he would not seek to change the law.

Then, when continually pressed on whether he thought gay sex was sinful, Farron said “to understand Christianity is to understand that we are all sinners.” He added: “Perhaps the Bible phrase that I use most – particularly with my kids, but actually on myself – is ‘You don’t pick out the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye when there is a plank in your own.’”

[marshmallow]

The Times also weighed in with an editorial entitled "Illiberal Democrat" which portrays him as a whacked-out fundamentalist.

I'm beginning to cheer for team Islam in the UK culture wars.

[ecomcon]

I'm beginning to cheer for team Islam in the UK culture wars.

Don't even joke about that.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks marshmallow.