Christianity at risk of being sidelined

CHRISTIANITY is at risk of being sidelined in Britain's "aggressively secularist" society, former prime minister Tony Blair has warned. Mr Blair said he agreed with church leaders that faith is in danger of being seen as a "personal eccentricity" rather than an important influence on the country. He also criticised the "ludicrous decisions" that have led to worshippers punished for expressing their beliefs, such as Caroline Petrie, the community nurse who was suspended for two months after offering to pray for an elderly patient, and Jennie Cain, the primary school receptionist who still faces the sack after she asked for spiritual support from friends when her daughter was scolded for talking about Hell in the playground. – Daily Telegraph Thu. 050309