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Christianophobia warning from MP BBC Attempts to move Christian traditions to the "margins" of British life have "gone far enough", an MP has said. Mark Pritchard said "Christianophobia" of the "politically correct brigade" also ran the risk of Christianity being hijacked by extremist parties. The Tory MP said he did not want to criticise people of other faiths, but wanted to "recognise and protect the Christian tradition of this nation". He has called a Westminster debate on Christianophobia for Wednesday.
'Extremist' Ahead of the debate the MP for Wrekin, Shropshire, told the BBC: "The debate is not about doing God or theocracy. It's about ensuring that the Christian tradition of our nation is recognised. "If mainstream political parties do not recognise and protect the Christian tradition of this nation then other more extremist parties will. "If that happens, we are in danger of Christianity being hijacked by these ambitions." Mr Pritchard said the debate was particularly topical, as recent findings suggested four fifths of schools were not staging Nativity plays this year.
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