Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Tolerance works both ways

A Christian policeman has been sacked after claiming that gay sex was "sinful".

Pc Graham Cogman, twice commended by his force for his loyalty and diligence, received literature promoting gay events so he emailed his colleagues with details of Christianity. His bosses said that he was not showing enough "respect and tolerance" to fellow officers and forbade him from using the office computer.

Speaking about his treatment earlier this year, Mr Cogman said: "The blatant support for homosexual rights in Norfolk police makes being a Christian officer extremely difficult.

"I have to make a stand when things become so blatantly biased against me just because I hold a faith."

What about respect and tolerance for Mr Cogman's beliefs? Why are his views less worthy than other people's? Would the police had been so quick to sack him had he been a Muslim? Why does it always only ever go one way?

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