Listen to the silent majority

We must ignore the celebrity campaigns and instead listen to the voices of disabled people and the silent majority on assisted suicide, the Archbishop of York has said. Dr John Sentamu was responding to publicity surrounding two opinion polls on assisted suicide and a call by Sir Terry Pratchett to legalise the practice. “The silent majority never get asked. One thousand people out of about 61 million really is not very much guidance. Once you begin to open this particular door, it won’t be long before you start having mercy killings. I would rather listen to the voices of disabled people than to the voices of celebrities or the voices of 1,000 people in an opinion poll.” Christian Institute