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The [[Conservative Christian Fellowship]] is a campaign group founded by [[Tim Montgomerie]] in 1990. | The [[Conservative Christian Fellowship]] is a campaign group founded by [[Tim Montgomerie]] in 1990. | ||
| − | In early 1997 40 Conservative MP's and four cabinet ministers were members of the | + | In early 1997 40 Conservative MP's and four cabinet ministers were members of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, members included [[Brian Mawhinney]], [[Peter Lilley]], [[John Gummer]], [[Anne Widdecombe]] and [[Lord Mackay]]. At this time the group were receiving advice from the U.S. on how best to 'strip Tony Blair's New Labour of its claims to be Christian'.<ref>Martin Wroe, Tories get US Election Aid for Holy War on Labour, ''The Independent'', 26-January-1997</ref> |
==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
Revision as of 13:22, 30 January 2011
The Conservative Christian Fellowship is a campaign group founded by Tim Montgomerie in 1990.
In early 1997 40 Conservative MP's and four cabinet ministers were members of the Conservative Christian Fellowship, members included Brian Mawhinney, Peter Lilley, John Gummer, Anne Widdecombe and Lord Mackay. At this time the group were receiving advice from the U.S. on how best to 'strip Tony Blair's New Labour of its claims to be Christian'.[1]
Criticism
Nick Cohen argues that the Conservative Christian Fellowship's journal 'denounced gay soldiers as suicide risks, security risks, blackmail risks, health risks and rape risks' and that its chairman Tim Montgomerie said that he was willing to give 'sacrificial care' to homosexuals who saw the error of the their ways.[2]
