'Equality Directive' Will 'Silence' Christians, Says Legal Group

Christian Today reports that European Christians may be effectively silenced if the European Union's Equal Treatment Directive passes. "Its provisions are likely to restrict Christian freedoms to the extent that, in certain cases, we would be silenced and prevented from providing goods or services to the public without violating our consciences, particularly if required to promote other religions or the practice of homosexuality," said Andrea Minichiello Williams, director of the legal group Christian Concern for our Nation (CCFON). The directive would forbid discrimination of goods and services based on religion, belief and sexual orientation. "This will cast a chilling shadow over free speech and freedom of expression for Christians, as it will for those with any views that challenge the prevailing 'politically correct' ideology," said Ms Williams.