Posted on 09/30/2022 10:54:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
A Christian campaign group has been blocked from holding a conference at Cambridge University because its values were "not compatible with the values of the college." The group, Christian Concern, wanted to host an event called the "Wilberforce Academy."
Fitzwilliam College refused to allow a booking for a conference for young Christians because of the group's "religious beliefs."
In response, Christian Concern is taking legal action. A preliminary hearing was held on Thursday at the High Court in London, but no date or venue has yet been fixed for a court hearing.
Lawyers representing the group believe this ban causes great concern about free speech on campuses.
Outside the court, a Christian Concern spokesman said: "For over a decade, the Wilberforce Academy has run a one-week conference for university students and young professionals who want to work out how to apply their Christian faith in the current culture and more specifically within their chosen vocations including law, politics, education, media, arts and business.
Topics covered by expert international speakers include: the role of Christianity in shaping law and culture; understanding today's context; biblical ethics on human identity and sexuality; comparative religion including examining the nature of Islam.
The conference includes teaching on biblical beliefs that have been recognised by the Christian Church globally for the past 2,000 years."
The college raised concerns over the reaction of the students if the booking was accepted. The college claims the Christian group is not "inclusive" because of the group's concerns over the LGBT community and its stance on gay marriage.
Fitzwilliam College made a statement after the hearing:
"Fitzwilliam College notes and welcomes the court's decision today to refuse Christian Concern's claim for judicial review. The college continues to welcome conference bookings from a wide range of groups and organisations, with different beliefs and interests, including many religious groups."
Right...except Christians...
The college later said its events department, Fitz Events, had reconsidered its decision and offered to host the event at another time since the original September dates the Christian group requested were fully booked with other events.
"Christian Concern did not take up this offer," the college said.
It's nice to hear they had a change of heart but it seems like it's too little, too late.
See ya in court!
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.” ― William F. Buckley
This is another example of how a high culture does not have to have barbarians sacking and burning it to destroy it. Spiritually Cambridge has reached the place it has been travelling to for a century. Metaphorically it is now a wilderness of spiritual ruin where the owls nest and wild beasts roam. Sic transit gloria mundi.
Where does the saving remnant flee to?
Not BEElievable.
The end game of the Gay Agenda and the Left is to ban Christianity, the Bible, and prayer. Also the Constitution. Been going on in force since the 60’s
For the love of God, Wilberforce was the man most responsible to prohibiting slavery in England.
Wait. Cambridge has “values”?
Increasingly we are living in a fascist LGBTQ+ dictatorship. The MO is this: gain entry into an organization, get into HR, hire like-minded people and exclude possible opposition, and eventually the organization becomes an active LGBTQ+ organization, which is often a complete rejection of the organization’s original purpose (as with the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the YMCA and YWCA, and many churches).
No, the end game is they will lose and will spend the rest of their days along with their leader in the pits of hell separated from GOD.
Maranatha!!!
The left hates Wilberforce as he is a classic example of a reformist versus people such as Buonorotti who were fixated with ‘seizure of power’.
I didn’t say THE end game (their destruction).
I said THEIR end game (our destruction).
THE end game comes after THEIR end game.
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