protesting the poll tax, and planned to speak in positive tones of "the spiritual value of revolt". The segment was set to be broadcast on the first day of the Labour Party conference, but James resigned from the programme and told the Church Times that he had faced censorship. In 1992, Dr Elaine Storkey in her Thought for the Day took the Saudi Arabian judiciary to task after a brief BBC World Service report that Saudi Arabia planned to hang a Christian Filipino preacher on Christmas Day. Pastor Wally Magdangal had allegedly been flogged and tortured for preaching Christianity. The item became featured on news throughout the day, and was taken up by Amnesty International and other international groups. The pastor was later released. In 1996, the writer Anne Atkins used her slot to argue that while "homophobia is reprehensible", the Church of England was altogether too tolerant of homosexuals, condemning a service in Southwark Cathedral commemorating twenty years of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement as a commemoration of "20 years of gay sex", and arguing that Church was failing in its "duty to condemn sin... no doubt, we will have an adulterers' Christian Fellowship". The Church of England expressed disapproval of Atkins' views, specifically the suggestion that increasing tolerance of homosexuality in the church was the cause of a declining number of people seeking to become ordained. The BBC said that they had received a "substantial number of complaints from listeners". List of presenters Presenters of the segment have included: Anne Atkins Reverend Dr Michael Banner Jonathan Bartley (Ekklesia founder) Vicky Beeching Reverend John L. Bell of the Iona Community Canon Dr Alan Billings Rabbi Lionel Blue Vishvapani Blomfield Rhidian Brook Bishop Tom Butler Akhandadhi Das (ISKCON) Reverend Joel Edwards Pope Francis Reverend Dr Giles Fraser Richard Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth The Right Reverend Graham James The Right Reverend James Jones Hardeep Singh Kohli Satish Kumar Reverend Colin Morris Abdal Hakim Murad Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor Reverend Dr John Polkinghorne Brian Protheroe The Chief Rabbi Rt. Hon Lord Sacks Professor Mona Siddiqui Indarjit Singh, Baron Singh of Wimbledon Professor Russell Stannard Dr Elaine Storkey Canon Angela Tilby Reverend Dr Sam Wells Reverend Professor David Wilkinson The Right Reverend Dr Rowan Williams Reverend Lucy Winkett The Most Reverend Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury Professor Linda Woodhead Jasvir Singh Pope Benedict XVI After months of negotiation between the Vatican and