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For background: Last month they attempted to browbeat the BBC into not screening Jerry Springer: The Opera because of its 'blasphemous' content. We have an archaic statute on our books that apparently makes blasphemy actionable under law. They argue that as a 'Christian' country, we should venerate their religion over all others, and censor ourselves accordingly.
They even published the private phone numbers and addresses of high-ranking BBC executives, and encouraged their followers to make their protests a little more personal. Naturally, this led to threats of violence and harm from which Christian Voice's leader shortly afterwards distanced himself.
Their argument is barely coherent. I bet they'd be the first to complain about Islamic theocracies and their intolerance of Christianity, which sees missionaries imprisoned and pubic worship outlawed, but from what I can see, Christian totalitarianism is precisely what they advocate.
It's scary that such ignorance can carry this kind of power...
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