WITH reference to the recent letters by Messrs Scarborough and Goodwin concerning the Human Rights Act pertaining to the prosecution of  the Christian B&B owners over their refusal to give a gay couple accommodation, the problem arises over the Human Rights Act itself.

The implications of this act were, I feel, not fully realised when it became adopted by the last government. There are two aspects to human rights, namely 'freedom to' and 'freedom from', which are often in conflict, eg, the present case of giving prisoners the vote.

As a Christian my support is for the B&B  owners and to me the gay couple's challenge, although technically lawful, was a mischievous exploitation of the Act. It is time for the Human Rights Act to be repealed in favour of a reliance on the generally common sense of our own UK laws.

Ian Silcox, Tavistock

MAY I, in response to the Terence Scarborough letter (February 3) use my human right to freely express that in my opinion, our Judeo-Christian heritage is one where mis-interpretation of biblical texts have led to centuries of oppression throughout the world, from the subjugation of women, to the enslavement of Africans, to the demonisation of the mentally ill and the radicalisation of Muslims. 

The European Human Rights Act speaks out for those marginalised by powers hell-bent on castigating 'others' within society in order to protect their own identity, culture or nation. If the recent brutal murder of David Kato, a Ugandan gay rights activist, is anything to go by, then God save us from Christian moralists!

Lindy Roberts