Criminalizing the speech of half a billion people is a serious matter and those pushing for it must come up with something more convincing than ‘hate is hate.’ Enough is enough!
Spokesman Simon Calvert of The Christian Institute called the ECHR ruling “the right result.” He applauded the UK Supreme Court, which, in 2018, had “engaged at length with the human rights arguments in this case and upheld the McArthurs’ rights to freedom of expression and religion.” He called the ECHR ruling “good news for free speech, good news for Christians, and good news for the McArthurs.”
Discriminating against Christians and banishing religion from the public sphere isn’t “a politically advantageous move since this attitude can push Catholics towards populist parties,” warns the Archbishop of Luxembourg.
