3 biblical principles on freedom of speech

Transgender rights protesters were unsuccessful in their campaign to prevent Kathleen Stock from speaking at the Oxford Union this week. The Bible doesn’t specifically address the topic of freedom of speech, but it does provide Christians with these helpful principles, explains CARE’s Peter Ladd 

After weeks of online speculation and noise, gender-critical professor Kathleen Stock finally spoke at the Oxford Union this week.

When it was first announced that she’d been invited, it prompted a furious backlash from students and campaigners. The university’s LGBT society called for her invitation to be rescinded. 

During her speech, demonstrators interrupted her, with one gluing their hand to the floor in front of her. It took half an hour to sort out, while two other protestors waved rainbow flags and threw leaflets, until they were all eventually removed by security. Before she’d even stood up to speak…