Christians told to take down green campaign posters that mention God

September 16, 2009 by Infowars Ireland

www.telegraph.co.uk

Christians have been told by a council that they cannot put up a poster promoting a climate change meeting because it mentions God.

Camden Council, in north London, has refused to allow a parish group holding a weekend of events on climate change, to display their posters in libraries or social centres – unless they remove words such as “God” and “Christian” from the text.

A spokesman for the council said: “We are very happy to help promote community events that are open to everyone on our notice boards. However we are not able to accept posters that promote particular religious beliefs or political points of view.”

Posters for the St Francis weekend, organised by Our Lady Help of Christians in Kentish Town, simply advertised the meeting on Oct 2 as “Climate Change is a Christian Issue”.

Other talks advertised on the posters were from a group called the Christian Ecology Link and as well as a Pet Blessing service, with choral works by a children’s choir from a local primary school.

Margaret Harvey, a local parishioner, said: “A government spin doctor once said: ‘we don’t do God’. This sounds like: ‘we don’t do God in Camden.”

A group organiser said: “This time last year we held a Green Fair for the Feast of St Francis, which was a great community event. Our local MP Frank Dobson and many town councillors came. Read full article…