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The [[Christian Legal Centre]] is an organisation which, according to its website, exists "To promote and protect the freedoms of Bible believing Christians in the United Kingdom; to promote religious freedom as a fundamental right by means of legal action and public promotion."<ref>[http://www.christianlegalcentre.com/view.php?id=197 About The Christian Legal Centre], Christian Legal Centre, 23 November 2007, accessed 30 August 2010.</ref> | The [[Christian Legal Centre]] is an organisation which, according to its website, exists "To promote and protect the freedoms of Bible believing Christians in the United Kingdom; to promote religious freedom as a fundamental right by means of legal action and public promotion."<ref>[http://www.christianlegalcentre.com/view.php?id=197 About The Christian Legal Centre], Christian Legal Centre, 23 November 2007, accessed 30 August 2010.</ref> | ||
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| + | In 2008, the Christian Legal Centre supported Emily Mapfuwa, a Christian who was offended by a sculpture of Christ with an erection, in a private prosecution against the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts for outraging public decency.<ref>Helen Pidd, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/03/religion.art Christian sues gallery over 'blasphemous' erection], The Guardian, 3 September 2008.</ref> In November that year, the case was taken over and discontinued by the [[Crown Prosecution Service]], which concluded there was no case to answer.<ref>[http://www.cps.gov.uk/news/press_releases/165_08/ CPS to intervene in private prosecution of Gateshead art exhibition], Crown Prosecution Service, 10 November 2008.</ref> | ||
==People== | ==People== | ||
Revision as of 11:07, 31 August 2010
The Christian Legal Centre is an organisation which, according to its website, exists "To promote and protect the freedoms of Bible believing Christians in the United Kingdom; to promote religious freedom as a fundamental right by means of legal action and public promotion."[1]
Cases
Emily Mapfuwa
In 2008, the Christian Legal Centre supported Emily Mapfuwa, a Christian who was offended by a sculpture of Christ with an erection, in a private prosecution against the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts for outraging public decency.[2] In November that year, the case was taken over and discontinued by the Crown Prosecution Service, which concluded there was no case to answer.[3]
People
- Andrea Minichiello Williams - Director
- David Clark - Director
- Rob Andrews - Company Secretary
- Libby Blaxall - Solicitor
- Onn Sein Kon - Case Manager
- Paul Coleman - Trainee Solicitor
- Paul Eddy - Public Relations Consultant[4]
Notes
- ↑ About The Christian Legal Centre, Christian Legal Centre, 23 November 2007, accessed 30 August 2010.
- ↑ Helen Pidd, Christian sues gallery over 'blasphemous' erection, The Guardian, 3 September 2008.
- ↑ CPS to intervene in private prosecution of Gateshead art exhibition, Crown Prosecution Service, 10 November 2008.
- ↑ About The Christian Legal Centre, Christian Legal Centre, 23 November 2007, accessed 30 August 2010.