The judges ought to be religiously literate enough to know that there is an argument behind all this, which cant simply be settled by the nature of society as it is today.
Appearing on the same programme, Lord Woolf said that the law should be the same for everyone, regardless of faith or lack of it.
But, he conceded: We may have gone too far. If the law has gone too far in one direction, then the experience of the law is that it tends to move back.
The law must be above any sectional interest even if it is an interest of a faith but at the same time it must be aware of the
proper concerns of that faith.
The law should be developed in ways that, wherever practicable, it allows that faith to be preserved and protected.
The Bishops words echo those of Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, who has put his name to the Im Not Ashamed campaign, which promotes the rights of Christians.
He produced a leaflet earlier this month claiming that Christians of deep faith faced discrimination and were under attack at the start of a campaign to encourage religious people to wear their faith with pride.
The Human Rights Act has come under increasing criticism in recent years for protecting the rights of minorities including criminals over those of the wider population.
Before the general election, Mr Cameron had promised to scrap the Act in favour of a British Bill of Rights, but with the Liberal Democrats supporting the current system, introduced under the last, Labour government, the plans were effectively kicked into the long grass following the formation of the Coalition.
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