England Arise, Join in the Chorus

The Anglican bishop of Hereford has been fined £47,345 and ordered to undergo “equal opportunities training” for failing to hire an active homosexual who applied for a position working with young people in the diocese.

Perhaps, following the advice of his archbishop , he should have asked for his case to be tried according to sharia law. The contradiction between the two sides of multiculturalism—the “Let the Muslims be Muslims” side and “Force everyone to accept gays” side—can’t get much clearer than it’s managing in England, can it?

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