Christian Concern For Our Nation
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Christian Concern For Our Nation (CCFON) is a group of Christian lawyers and support staff in the UK helping to protect freedom for Christians in the UK. The group is part of the Lawyers Christian Fellowship's Public Policy Unit.
Created in 2004, the group lobby Parliament when proposed laws may contradict or cause concern for Christians, who may adversely be affected by the propsoed law should it enter the statute books.
The group successfully campaigned, alongside other Christian bodies, to stop the Religious Hatred Bill, which was spectacularly defeated by one vote in January 2006, when Tony Blair walked out of the chamber. The chief whip believed the vote was in Labour's hands and sent the Prime Minister home. CCFON claim that lobbying over the day - speaking to any MPs willing to listen - meant that a significant number changed how they voted, bringing down this controversial piece of manifesto promised legislation.
In 2006 & early 2007 they opposed segments of the Sexual Orientation Regulations and in Autumn 2007 are working to highlight concerns over some clauses in the proposed Human Tissue and Embryo Bill.
In addition they publish information for churches to help them understand what's happening in Parliament - something that is often seen as an obfuscatory process - and they support cases where Christians are potentially having their Christian freedom curtailed inappropriately. In this regard they have supported Lydia Playfoot, when her desire to wear a Christian Ring from the organisation Silver Ring Thing was challenged by her school and Andrew McClintock, a Christian JP who stood down from an adoption board he was on because of potential changes to procedure that he felt would compromise his Christian beliefs.[1][2]
They appear on TV, on Radio and in the press when stories break, and produce their own campaign videos on topics such as those listed above, which are distributed via the Internet.
