“You can't say 'because we decide we're different then we need a different set of laws.” NeedsDifferentLaw Author:Trevor Phillips
“It's perfectly fair that you can't be a Roman Catholic priest unless you're a man. It seems right that the reach of anti-discriminatory law should stop at the door of the church or mosque.” MenShouldSeemsLawChurchDoorsFairsCatholicPriestsMosquesRoman Catholic Author:Trevor Phillips
“Once you start to provide public services that have to be run under public rules, for example child protection, then it has to go with public law. Institutions have to make a decision whether they want to do that or they don't want to do that.” WantChildrenRunningLawDecisionExampleInstitutionsProtectionPublic Service Author:Trevor Phillips
“To me there's nothing different in principle with a Catholic adoption agency, or indeed Methodist adoption agency, saying the rules in our community are different and therefore the law shouldn't apply to us. Why not then say sharia can be applied to different parts of the country? It doesn't work.” DifferentCountryLawCommunityPrinciplesCatholicAgencyWhy NotAdoptionOur CommunityMethodistsSharia Author:Trevor Phillips