Media Coverage
After the appearance of Green on Question Time in September 2005, the group was condemned by the Rev Dr David Peel, then Moderator of the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church. Dr Peel said:
It is a matter of some regret that ... the BBC should choose to undermine the reputation of Question Time by giving a platform to a small, self-selecting group distinguished by its claim to be a prophetic voice in this country ... Christian Voice has the right to express its extreme views, but it is as representative of Christian opinion in Britain as the Monster Raving Loony Party would be of mainstream political parties – and far less entertaining.
In 11 March 2008 Stephen Green was interviewed by openly gay celebrity Ian "H" Watkins for the BBC Wales programme Week In Week Out where he told Watkins his lifestyle was ‘sinful’, and made him no better than serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.
Green then appeared on the BBC Wales programme Dragon's Eye on 13 November 2008, after a campaign by CV caused the book chain Waterstone's to cancel a book-signing by Welsh poet, Patrick Jones, described as "obscene and blasphemous" by Green. Jones instead read from his book at the Welsh Assembly Philip Hensher, a commentator for The Independent newspaper, describes Green as a comic character, and Christian Voice as an extremist group. In The Guardian he has been described by George Monbiot as a "ranting homophobe".
In May 2008, Green was featured in the British Channel 4 current affairs documentary series Dispatches - In God's Name as a leader in the fundamentalist movement in the United Kingdom. This prompted the Rev. Joel Edwards, head of the Evangelical Alliance, to write a public letter discounting Green's impact on Christianity, and calling him an extremist.
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