Wednesday 23 September 2009

Faith group persecuted

Tony Blair, the Pope, former Archbishop Cormac Murphy O'Connor, the Bishop of Rochester - all of them have warned of the perils of "aggressive secularism". Any sceptics out there who still doubt the gravity of the threat should take heed of this appalling example of the faithful being persecuted:

Tesco has been accused of religious discrimination after the company ordered the founder of a Jedi religion to remove his hood or leave a branch of the supermarket in north Wales.

Daniel Jones, founder of the religion inspired by the Star Wars films, says he was humiliated and victimised for his beliefs following the incident at a Tesco store in Bangor.

So says the Guardian. Is nothing sacred?

2 comments:

michael greenwell said...

i Wasn't sure that there was a distinction between blair and the pope these days.

Andrew King said...

Hmmm ... maybe that was a typo at the beginning of my post. Instead of opening with "Tony Blair, the Pope", I think the correct form of address should have been "His Holiness Tony Blair."

I never did get the hang of this etiquette business...