United Kingdom

UK's advertising watchdog (ASA) told the Christian group not to advertise about prayers healing the sick. The Christian group has appealed the decision of the watchdog.

Peter Tatchell,a well-known homosexual activist, offers to defend a Christian employee who was demoted from his work for commenting on civil partnership for homosexual. Tatchell defends the right of the Christian man to express his opinion on homosexuality.

Religious groups are boycotting Tesco after a senior executive at the supermarket giant described Christians as “evil” for opposing gay marriage.

“I’m also campaigning against evil Christians (that’s not all Christians, just bad ones) who think that gay people should not lead happy lives and get married to their same-sex partners.”

There has been several cases in which the UK courts failed to protect the rights of Christians to practice their faith. Some of those cases are now going before the European Court of Human Rights. The UK gov't said it won't back the rights of the Christians before the European court.

“The real danger is the possibility of churches being sued under the Equality Act for refusing to host civil partnerships."

There has been sveral cases of marginalization of Christians in UK. A Parliamentary Inquiry is investigating the margnalization.

The report from Premier Christian Media attributes feelings of marginalisation to growing secularism and sensationalist media coverage of equality cases involving Christians.

Christian groups say that UK's Christians are facing "biggest challenge in the last 400 years" as they face discrimination. UK's parliamentary inquiry is looking into the rising persecution that UK Christians face.

“Gay rights campaigners have made astonishing progress in recent years — to the point when we need to remind ourselves that other people have rights too, and that we campaign against bullying, not for it.”

Peter and Hazel Bull launch appeal after they were told to pay damages for banning a gay couple from sharing a double room

Father-of-two was found guilty of misconduct for speaking out on gay marriage.

“Churches will inevitably be coerced into performing these ceremonies, and those that don’t will be vilified and sued."

“When the UK is setting aid budgets and is in discussion with other governments, religious freedom – in particular the persecution of Christians – should always be highlighted and discussed.”

“This persecution goes beyond the repression of their religious belief, but extends to the often violent destruction of churches and other property as well as attacks on the people themselves."