Are the high tides and violent winds which have in recent times been battering the coastal defences of religious freedom beginning to abate? A sign of hope that religious tolerance might be making a comeback is contained in the latest post from the United Kingdom based media agency, Catholic Voices.
It tells us that the Glasgow-based Catholic adoption service, St Margaret’s, can keep its charitable status while continuing to operate a policy that prioritizes married heterosexual couples following a landmark decision by the Scottish Charity Appeals Panel. At the heart of the ruling is a recognition of the charity as a Catholic organization with the right to manifest its religious belief.
Austen Iverigh’s commentary gives the full story here.
I would so like to agree with your sentiment here, but think it far too early to feel positive about the re-emergence/sudden appearance of religious tolerance.
I do believe that the charity’s lucky star was hanging over the Scottish Isles, perhaps if it were over the English Isle it would’ve been ordered to shut its doors.