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Raise high the crucifix

By ADF Alliance Alert

Andrew Brown at the Guardian: If the law of England is no longer based on Christian texts but on the idea of foundational rights ? and this seems to be what recent court cases have concluded ? it's worth remembering that very few people believe that human rights exist ? rather fewer, at a guess, than believe that God exists. Certainly very few people defended that position here on Cif belief when it was up for discussion. But if human rights are simply a political construct, they rest on political consent. That will be withdrawn very quickly if they come to seem an instrument in a political struggle."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on March 23, 2011 (boomark / email).