” “The first Christian political party was born in Scotland and will stand for the elections of May 2007. The “Scottish Christian People’s Alliance” has been founded by the former Labour activist Theresa Smith and aims at defending the family from a government that, as stated by Smith, “listens to the gay lobby, the feminist lobby, and ignores the wishes of the majority of people. Today’s Scottish Parliament has produced the most hostile and most relentless attack against marriage and the traditional family that has ever been seen in the United Kingdom, or maybe even in Europe”. The party was presented a few days ago to the bishop of Paisley, mgr. Philip Tartaglia, who explained that "it is not up to the Church to take sides with a political party. I hail the efforts of the Christians in the other parties, but there is a gap in Scottish politics, and, if this party is going to fill such gap, it will serve the country’s politics”. The new party’s program covers the defence of the family, the request to bind pensions to average salaries, and the distribution of free meals to schoolchildren. The members include a Muslim, Abdul Dean, a local officer who works in the area of ethnical minorities and said that such values as the defence of the family are shared by both Christians and followers of Islam. ” “
