{"id":1356,"date":"2008-12-15T19:09:03","date_gmt":"2008-12-15T23:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anglicansamizdat.wordpress.com\/?p=1356"},"modified":"2008-12-15T19:09:03","modified_gmt":"2008-12-15T23:09:03","slug":"offending-for-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/offending-for-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"Offending for Jesus"},"content":{"rendered":"

A practical application of Cor 1:18<\/a><\/p>\n

Prison chapel not to have a crucifix<\/a><\/p>\n

The multi-faith room at HMP Lewes will have footbaths installed so Muslim inmates can wash their feet before prayers.<\/p>\n

For Christians, however, there will now only be a plain wooden cross and a portable altar which can be removed if other faiths are using the room.<\/p>\n

The new \u00a3200,000 development at the East Sussex jail has been designed as a multi-faith room with the space split into two.<\/p>\n

One side is dedicated to Christian worship and the other is for other faiths in the 485 inmate category B jail.<\/p>\n

But a spokeswoman from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) revealed the traditional Christian crucifix depicting Jesus nailed to the cross will not be used.<\/p>\n

After discussions between the prison chaplain and Muslim imam it was agreed a toned-down wooden cross would be used instead of a crucifix.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But wait, there’s more: even Christmas lights are offensive!<\/p>\n

Mother told to take down her Christmas lights<\/a>… in case they offend her non-Christian neighbours<\/p>\n

A woman has spoken of how she was told to remove her Christmas lights by a housing association worker – in case they offended her non-Christian neighbours.<\/p>\n

Dorothy Glenn decorates her home in South Shields with hundreds of festive lights every year, including a giant tree and a 4ft Santa Claus.<\/p>\n

But she was left stunned this year when a South Tyneside Homes worker called at her house to inform her that the decorations she was displaying might be offending her neighbours<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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