Dr Michael Asciak

It is interesting for the Archbishop to remark that the current state prospective law on discrimination goes beyond what an EU directive states on discrimination and imply that this could be an effort by the current government to impose a secularist agend

Any perceived discrimination by a Church school against people whose value system went against the very values the Catholic school programme proposed could mean that that particular school could be held accountable at law. Catholic schools should remain just that – and please take your hands off them! Schools that provide an education inculcating Catholic values in their students should keep this as their priority, and any interference by the state in that respect is most uncalled for and unappreciated.

Can you imagine a law where Super One News or TV was found to be discriminating against people because they refused to employ a Nationalist Party supporter, or vice versa, because they wished a person to transmit the same political values on their station as the political party which they promote? Would that not also be discrimination? Why is it only the Church that cannot do this?

It is the great hypocrisy of secularism to criticise religion for forcing its beliefs on others when, in fact, many laws of the secular state and its secular religion can do just that against Christians in society and their Church. New laws are constantly being proposed that override Christian values and their respect for life in favour of pagan secular values, including the disposability of the most vulnerable lives in society. Accepting a personal relationship with God would mean making a commitment, or changing one’s behaviour, so some people would rather focus on the Church’s failures so that they