Sometimes it seems a statement of faith
Christine Woolgar
Is a state of unfaith,
A badly built gate
To shut down debate.
Maybe you’ve had that sinking feeling too. Someone you respected and wanted to work with signs up to a ‘statement of faith’ that feels like anything but.
For me, it happened most recently when a pastor I knew put his name, along with thousands of other signatories, in an open letter to the UK government. Amongst a great many other things, that letter said marriage protects from abuse. I came away wanting never to work with any of its signatories.
Oh, and it made me want to weep too.
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