Intelligence² Debate: "Stop bashing Christians!"

The motion for the debate will be:

"Stop bashing Christians! Britain has become and anti-Christian society"

Britain is a Christian country. So why are we quick to support the rights of minority religions, while at the same time insisting that gold crosses are tucked in and mutterings of ʻHappy Christmasʼ are silenced?
Peter Hitchens – brother to the famously atheist Christopher – fears that without Christianity, we might end up undermining the whole foundation of law in this country. Journalist Matthew Parris wonders how intelligent people can still believe in God.
So are Christians victims of a hateful animus, or are they demanding special treatment in a secular state which in fact applies the law equally to all?

Speakers for the motion:

George Carey, Former Archbishop of Canterbury

Peter Hitchens, Author and Columnist

Howard Jacobson, Novelist and Journalist

Speakers against the motion:

Matther Parris, Columnist, Author and Broadcaster

Geoffrey Robertson QC, Leading human rights lawyer and author of the newly published The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse -Note: Geoffrey Robertson QC replaces Claire Rayner, Writer, Agony Aunt, Vice President of British Humanist Association

Dom Antony Sutch, Benedictine Monk and former school headmaster

Chair: Jonathan Freedland, Guardian columnist, author and broadcaster

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