United Kingdom

A recently released report on human rights by the UK government seems to pay relatively little attention to the persecution of Christians worldwide. While some estimates place the number of Christians who face persecution of some form at between 100 - 200 million per year, the report makes little mention of some of the worst cases, especially in the Middle East. This unwillingness to highlight Christian persecution is common in many Western governments, including the United States. 

British Christian and graphics designer Jamie Haxby claims that he was asked about his faith during a job interview at the Prested Hall hotel in the U.K. When the interviewer found that Jamie was not only a Christian, but that he had worked extensively with churches in the past and was apparently a committed Christian, she informed him that she and several members of the hotel staff were atheists and could not work with a committed Christian. 

According to a former BBC broadcaster, many in BBC consider Christians to be lunatics. We have observed, with concern, the growing anti-Christian sentiment by government establishments and the media in UK.

There is a growing intolernace in UK for views of Christians towards same-sex marriage. Recently, UK's Deputy Prime Minister described opponents as bigots. We urge the UK officials to respect the rights of Christians to defend traditional definition of marriage.

The Christians in UK are not facing the same way Christians are persecuted in places such as Nigeria or Egypt. There is, howeve, growing hatred against Christians in UK. We urge politicians in UK to ensure religious freedom of Christians in the country.

A Christian politician, Christina Summers, could be expelled from her political party because of her opposition to same-sex marriage. We agree with Christina Summers that the decision to expel is her is "discriminatory against Christians. It’s a typical symptom of prejudice, blatant prejudice."

Christians in the UK are outraged that the government has ignored their views on same-sex marriage. The Christians are also concerned about the implications of same-sex marriage on religious freeedom. We urge UK to take into account the implications of same-sex marriage on religious freedom and refrain from redefining marriage.

UK based Christian radio organization was prohibited from asking its listners whether they face discrimination as Christians. Such decision is against freedom of expression and we agree with the statment by the radio station's chief executive who said the decision “greatly reduces the right of ordinary people to have their say in democratic debate and, regrettably, seems to be wholly reminiscent of a totalitarian state

Some Christians in the UK are worried about the implications of gay marriage on religious freedom. The Christians are worried that churches will be forced to carry out gay marriages despite the assurance by the government of UK that such coersion won't happen.

Christians were stopped from distributing Christian literature in the city center of Gloucester,UK. Authorities now apologize for preventing the Christians from distributing the tracts.

Peter and Hazelmary Bull said that they did not discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation. They claim they do not let any unmarried couples share a room, in accordance with their Christian beliefs. 

“We believe that religious freedom itself is at stake, in the sense not just of freedom of worship, but of freedom of conscience, freedom of speech and freedom of action. Specifically, if a same-sex ‘marriage’ law is enacted, the Bishops’ Conference of Scotland urges that not only should no pressure be put on the Church to solemnise same-sex ‘marriage,’ but no penalty or sanction should accrue for not doing so.”

"It is wrong and worrying that a senior government advisor brands evangelical Christians as extremist. There are approximately two million evangelical Christians in the UK, the fastest growing part of the church worldwide. They take their faith seriously, but that does not make them extremist."

BBC presenter is criticized for using the term "religious hogwash" to introduce the book of Genesis. This is not the first time that BBC has been accused of its bias against Christianity.

“Whenever, I or any Christian touches on issues of life or identity it does elicit a very, very violent response with very strong accusatory language.”

The National Secular Society is pressuring officials from holding prayers at council meetings. Such prayers has been part of UK's tradition for years. Secular groups have been waging attacks against Christian values in the UK.