At Prime Minister’s Questions last week, Theresa May was asked about Christians’ freedom to profess their faith. The PM’s reply was impeccably broadminded. The “ability to speak freely” about one’s faith is a vital principle, May said. “We have a very strong tradition in this country of religious tolerance and freedom of speech,” she added, “and our Christian heritage is something we can all be proud of.”
But Christians are as used to seeing such liberties praised as they are to seeing them challenged in practice – the “gay cake” case being only the most recent example of how an ordinary citizen can suddenly be cast in the role of a conscientious objector.
