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Our news is being censored.
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Feb 2016 — According to Reuters, on 30th January 2016, hundreds of
thousands of protesters gathered in the Circus Maximus in Rome to protest the
introduction of same sex unions and gay adoption. Organisers reportedly
estimated that around two million people attended the rally, the crowd so big
that they were forced to spill out into the surrounding streets.
News coverage of this event in the UK was at best muted; at worst, non-existent. The BBC carried a report on its European online news section. It was headed, ‘Italy protest against same sex marriage gathers thousands (italics added)’. Only towards the end of the article did it add, ‘Organisers said two million had attended, far more than the venue's capacity, and journalists at the scene estimated the figure at around 300,000’.
Similarly, The Guardian reported, ‘Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Rome to protest against legislation that would allow civil unions for same-sex couples in Italy’ (Saturday, 30th January, Italians protest against civil unions for same sex couples). The number was even further downgraded by The Telegraph’s headline, which stated, ‘Hundreds in Italy protest against same-sex marriage as cardinal urges government to listen’.
The point is, the subject matter and its acceptability to the liberal elite seems these days to dictate the amount and style of coverage. To put it bluntly, anything supporting the nation’s newly defined ‘values’ gets highly positive publicity. But anything supporting what are branded reactionary traditional values is minimized, ridiculed or ignored.
Western civilization is imploding, but in this brave new world it would seem that the Christian voice is unacceptable and needs to be silenced. The truth is we are under ideological attack – a competing belief system that will not allow different views.
It is for this reason that we call upon David Cameron and Her Majesty’s government to uphold the UK’s Christian heritage, and to protect freedom of speech and belief. For all of us.
News coverage of this event in the UK was at best muted; at worst, non-existent. The BBC carried a report on its European online news section. It was headed, ‘Italy protest against same sex marriage gathers thousands (italics added)’. Only towards the end of the article did it add, ‘Organisers said two million had attended, far more than the venue's capacity, and journalists at the scene estimated the figure at around 300,000’.
Similarly, The Guardian reported, ‘Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Rome to protest against legislation that would allow civil unions for same-sex couples in Italy’ (Saturday, 30th January, Italians protest against civil unions for same sex couples). The number was even further downgraded by The Telegraph’s headline, which stated, ‘Hundreds in Italy protest against same-sex marriage as cardinal urges government to listen’.
The point is, the subject matter and its acceptability to the liberal elite seems these days to dictate the amount and style of coverage. To put it bluntly, anything supporting the nation’s newly defined ‘values’ gets highly positive publicity. But anything supporting what are branded reactionary traditional values is minimized, ridiculed or ignored.
Western civilization is imploding, but in this brave new world it would seem that the Christian voice is unacceptable and needs to be silenced. The truth is we are under ideological attack – a competing belief system that will not allow different views.
It is for this reason that we call upon David Cameron and Her Majesty’s government to uphold the UK’s Christian heritage, and to protect freedom of speech and belief. For all of us.
