Tim Farron didn’t recognise difference between personal faith and political reality | Letters

Tim Farron’s very personal statement has to be respected, but he is wrong (Farron quits as Lib Dem leader over views on gay sex, 15 June).Any other basis, including religious faith, cannot gain the willing consent of the wider public.To govern on this recognition of the fallibilities of civil society is not to deny one’s faith but to recognise the legitimate distinction between personal faith and political and human reality.