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A CHRISTIAN cross has been removed from a crematorium chapel so as not to offend secular groups.
The large wooden cross at Accrington crematorium will now only be put up for individual services on request.
The decision, the first by an East Lancashire local authority, has ‘shocked’ Hyndburn Tory group leader Peter Britcliffe and alarmed Anglican Bishop of Burnley Philip North.
Coun Britcliffe said: “This is another example of the creeping madness of political correctness undermining the traditional Christian values of our society in East Lancashire.
“The correct default position is for the cross to be in the chapel unless those organising a funeral ask for it to be taken down.”
Since 1956, the religious symbol has been a permanent fixture, only taken down if service organisers asked for it.
Following a £20,000 upgrade earlier this year, Hyndburn Council decided the cross should be removed and only restored at the request of a family wanting a Christian farewell for their loved one.
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