Christian Group has bank account removed due to "unacceptable views"

Well I listened to the interview.Since Stephen Green said that Christian Voice wouldn'thave taken out th account in the first place if they had known that the Cooperative Bank was involved in Gay Pride marches I really don't see much of an issue. Neither side really wants to do business with the other, and Christian Voice have 30 days to set up a new account with someone else.I also find it itneresting that Green described simple participation in Gay Pride marrches as "aggressively pro-Gay" but apparently didn't bat an eyelid when it was pointed out that Christian Voice had claimed that homosecual police officers were automatically unfit to take part in corruption investigations.

It seems to be the extreme nature of the views - at least as expressed by the group. I've had a browse on the sebsite and their views are..odd. Apparently accepting the various convnetions on human rights are a violation of the Fist COmmandmentThe "Jerry Springer: The Opera" business was some weeks ago. I can't see any reason to assume that that incident was a direct cause. At most it may have triggered an investigation.

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You aren't making any sense. No I don't hate homosexuals and I don't attack their character either.

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Yet it appears that Christian Voice does. You said that you were with them. Are you or aren't you ?

Adrian Warnock's UK Evangelical Bloghttp://www.adrian.warnock.info/...oice-banned-from-co-op.htm The entry goes on to quote what Christian Voice has to say.Connexions (a Methodist minister's Blog) agrees:
Page not found - The ConnexionEkklesia has more:
Page not found - Ekklesia I think that that attitude speaks for itself.

From the sites quoted above it is clear that Christian Voice makes extreme statements that are not representative of the wider Christian community.Thus there is no basis for claiming that the action taken by the Cooperative Bank is aimed at anything more than one extremist group. To claim that it is aimed at Christians in general is to ignore the nature of Christian Voice. To claim that the Cooperative Bank's action is based solely on the statement that homosexuality is sinful as Christian Voice claims is also false.As the Cooperative Bank says Latest Statement on Christian VoiceWhatever you think of the Cooperative Bank's actions, Christian Voice's handling of the situation has been less than honest. If they really represent Christianity, why doesn't their press release admit to the true reasons they were asked to close their account ?

The real question is whether abstinence-based programs are primarily intended to promote abstinence for its own sake or to reduce teenage pregnancy and the transmission STDs.On the latter criterion the evidence suggests that it is a failure and that a broader approach (perhaps best summed up as "be good, but if you can't be good, be careful") is more effective.I suspect that most of the supporters of abstinence-based programs really have the first view in mind, even if they say otherwise.

It's not a question of "working" or "not working", it is a question of which works better. And it seems that programs that include accurate infromation on precautionary measures are more effective at preventing STDs and teenage pregnancy even if there is some dilution of the pro-abstinance message.