Civil rights advocates are expressing puzzlement at a new report from Christians in Parliament which claims that Christians are victims of legal and other prejudice in Britain.

Quakers in Britain are among those who have welcomed the successful passage of the Equality Bill through its final House of Commons stages on 6 April 2010.

Representatives of six major church bodies have been challenged to reconsider their position in relation to an equalities forum they walked away from earlier this month.

A range of campaigning groups and faith-based organisations have expressed their support for a decision to allow the use of religious premises and religious language in same-sex partnership ceremonies.