This was highlighted on Fr. John Boyle's blog: the Evening Standard is running a poll to determine whether a £100 million mosque should be built near the Olympic Stadium to accommodate the anticipated 70,000 Muslim visitors.I have no objection to the building of mosques. I applaud the idea that a religion should be concerned for the spiritual welfare of its followers during their absence from home. However, a local Christian church, compulsorily purchased to make way for one of the stadia for the Olympics, has been refused planning permission to build a new church anywhere near the area where all its congregation lives.
An unacceptable example of blatant double standards. As a slight aside, I wonder what would have happened if a mosque had been in the way of the proposed Olympic stadium...
...but I digress. Make sure you go and make your views known by voting HERE.
However, a local Christian church, compulsorily purchased to make way for one of the stadia for the Olympics, has been refused planning permission to build a new church anywhere near the area where all its congregation lives.
ReplyDeletePerhaps if the Christians threatened violence...?