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Ann Widdecombe says gay laws threaten Christian freedom of speech

Ann Widdecombe, MP for Maidstone and the Weald, warned a Bournemouth church on Saturday that new equality laws could see Christians being sued.

Widdecombe, 62, appeared at a debate titled Christianity in Public Life at St Andrew�s Bournemouth United Reformed Church, the Bournemouth Daily Echo reports.

During a question and answer session, she said: "For the first time in this country we are being obliged as citizens to do things which are against our conscience.

�The other thing is that you can now have the police on your doorstep, but not for something that you have done, but for the views that you have expressed.�

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January 26, 2010

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