A new report in Britain insists that more protections for religious believers are needed in the country. The document, issued by the independent think tank ResPublica, is calling for reasonable accommodation of religious beliefs in any forthcoming legislation on a British Bill of Rights. It goes on to point out that existing rights, once used to bolster diversity in Britain, are now used to “erode difference and enforce a uniform and unwelcome conformity on society”. By way of example, ResPublica highlights the current reality in which the right not to be discriminated against on the grounds of sexual orientation trumps that of religious liberty. A truly pluralist society, it argues, should “protect difference and ensure equity between those of different dispositions”.
















