I’m not sure if I feel more shocked or disgusted over the commons vote this evening.

For those of you not in the UK, our government this evening voted in favour of extending the time a suspect can be held in detention without being charged from 28 to 42 days. 42 days loss of freedom before any charges have to be brought is a gross abuse of human rights. Yes, I know terrorism is a serious threat, and yes I know we have to use new techniques to limit it. My concern is that we are against terrorism due to its abuse to humanity – my country decided tonight to vote to abuse human rights to combat terrorism.

I am not sure whether my disgust is more towards the MP’s or to church and Christian agencies that have kept largely very quiet on this. Recently we have seen campaigns outside Westminster from Christians protesting against abortion, saviour siblings, homosexual parent adoptions, the removal of a requirement for a father in IVF treatment, experiments on embryos and the need to show equal rights regardless of sexuality. People campaigned against these from a point of respect of life or a protection of belief.

Where were the campaigners for this abuse? Why weren’t the large evangelical organisations calling people out to campaign for this?

It worries me that the church has remained largely silent on this clearcut abuse of humanity.