The Adventrlp readers are being informed that the Home Secretary, Theresa May, on 14^th January 2013 signalled that the Government would accept to remove the word "insulting" from Section 5 of the Public Order Act, 1986. Mrs May told the MPs that the House of Lord's amendment put forward by Lord Dear, a former Chief Constable and HM Inspector of Constabulary would not be challenged. She said,

The Peers had overwhelmingly voted 150 to 54 in favour of the change. It is the hope of the campaigners that the law which had been perceived as an infringement, will now enhance the public's freedom of speech, expression and religious liberty.

Following the European Court of Human Rights public hearing held on the 4th September 2012 on the admissability and merits of the four British Christian cases concerning the freedom to manifest religious belief, Nadia Eweida won her case, while Shirley Chaplin lost hers along with Lillian Ladele and Gary McFarlane.

Click here www.echr.coe.int to find a detailed report of the judgement.  AdventRLP will shortly provide an analysis of the the landmark ruling and its implications for the Christian's manifestation of religious belief and practice.