A Christian lobby group has claimed the wearing of red poppies is “politically correct” and stifles debate.
The director of Ekklesia, Jonathan Bartley, said people should be able to choose between red or white ones.
He added red poppies implied redemption through war, but Christianity seeks redemption through non-violence. White ones were created to symbolise peace.
The Royal British Legion said the red version was “a symbol of the need to… reflect on the human cost of war”.
Mr Bartley told the BBC: “The red poppy suggests the idea that our soldiers died for freedom but that’s not a value-free position.”
The Co-operative Women’s Guild produced the first white version in 1933 as a symbol for peace.
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