--- title: "4 Giles Fraser Quotes - Famous Columnist" description: "vicar; former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral... | Giles Anthony Fraser is an English Anglican priest, journalist, and broadcaster who has serve..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b150/author-giles-fraser-69149.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Giles Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b150/author-giles-fraser-69149.jpg) # Giles Fraser (1964) Columnist **4** quotes in **31** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Giles Fraser is a columnist. ## Quick Facts About Giles Fraser Born November 27, 1964 Profession Columnist ## About Giles Fraser vicar; former Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral... \| Giles Anthony Fraser is an English Anglican priest, journalist, and broadcaster who has served as Vicar of St Anne's Church, Kew, since 2022. He is a regular contributor to Thought for the Day and The Guardian, a panellist on Moral Maze, and an assistant editor of UnHerd. ## Quotes by Giles Fraser > [Religion is an affront to liberalism because it dares suggest it's not all about you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-fraser/religion-is-an-affront-to-liberalism-because-it-dares-suggest-it-s/) [Giles Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-fraser/) [Affront](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/affront/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/giles-fraser-69149_affront_religion-is-an-affront-to-liberalism-bec_740110.png) > [It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. Bigotry is bigotry whether it's dressed up in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-fraser/it-is-nonsense-for-the-government-to-allow-any-loopholes-for/) [Giles Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-fraser/) [Bigotry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigotry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/giles-fraser-69149_bigotry_it-is-nonsense-for-the-government-to-all_1392741.png) > [That torture is wrong can never be the conclusion to any line of reasoning because it has to be a fundamental premise.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-fraser/that-torture-is-wrong-can-never-be-the-conclusion-to-any-line-of/) [Giles Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-fraser/) [Conclusion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conclusion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31b/giles-fraser-69149_conclusion_that-torture-is-wrong-can-never-be-the-c_2021145.png) > [The essence of the divine being is not power but compassion and love. And it's this love, and this love only, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-fraser/the-essence-of-the-divine-being-is-not-power-but-compassion-and-love/) [Giles Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-fraser/) [And love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/and-love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/giles-fraser-69149_and-love_the-essence-of-the-divine-being-is-not-p_2258141.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giles-fraser/#itemlist", "name": "Giles Fraser Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Religion is an affront to liberalism because it dares suggest it's not all about you", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Giles Fraser" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giles-fraser/religion-is-an-affront-to-liberalism-because-it-dares-suggest-it-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/giles-fraser-69149_affront_religion-is-an-affront-to-liberalism-bec_740110.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/giles-fraser-69149_affront_religion-is-an-affront-to-liberalism-bec_740110.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0e/giles-fraser-69149_affront_religion-is-an-affront-to-liberalism-bec_740110.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Religion is an affront to liberalism because it dares suggest it's not all about you” — Giles Fraser", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is nonsense for the Government to allow any loopholes for religious homophobia. 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