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The Labour Party admits today that politicians should stop feeling a "sense of embarrassment" about discussing God.
Douglas Alexander, a senior frontbencher, suggests that public figures have allowed "political correctness" to prevent them talking about faith and the persecution of Christians in the Middle East.
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In a thinly veiled attack on the Tony Blair era, when Alastair Campbell, the then communications director in Downing Street, said "we don't do God", Mr Alexander warns that people should have the courage to speak up for Christians without fear of causing offence.
Mr Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, is speaking out to voice his concerns about growing harassment and attacks suffered by Christians in the Middle East.