The co-op bank asked Christian Voice to close their account. At first sight this seems like victimisation of a religious group simply for being religious, and of course it could lead to this. We need to know, however, that there is more to the situation than initially meets the eye. The Christian voice are not known for their tact and frankly what they say in this PDF on police and homosexuality is not wise, and not in my view the right way for a Christian Group to go about speaking about any group. I almost hesitate to quote this as it is so homophobic, but I feel that I should. This may help us understand why the Co-op took the action it did. To me freedom of speech should not mean that people are free to say things like this:

"-Homosexual police are involved in some of the most disgusting perversions imaginable; how can they bring clean hands to any police investigation?
-Homosexual police are corrupted by what they do; how can they investigate cases of corruption?
-Their whole life is lived in denial; how can they be expected to tell the truth in Court?
-Homosexual police are likely to seek sexual encounters in public conveniences and in the open (most homosexual men do); are
they going to take part in exercises against �cottaging� and �cruising�?
-Their sexual behaviour is deviant and indecent; how can they uphold public decency and morality?
-The police are supposed to be impartial; does the deliberate recruitment of shamelessly homosexual men and women explain the recent explosion of cases brought against Gospel preachers and pro-life campaigners?
-Many homosexual men will have been interfered with at a young age, and be sexually attracted to boys of around that age as a result; are homosexual police going to be exempted from investigations into paedophile activities?
-The police serve the monarch of a constitutionally Christian country; how does the police force square that fact with the recruitment of officers who commit acts which are an abomination in the eyes of Almighty God?"