Scotland’s new hate crime law is no laughing matter

Mar 26, 2024 by

by David Robertson, Christian Today: Most people and hopefully all Christians would agree that hate is bad. So, at a superficial level, it would seem that we should all be rejoicing at a Scottish government bill which bans hate. But as is...

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Scotland and Canada, united in confusion over freedom of speech

Mar 25, 2024 by

by Chris Selley, National Post: Nobody in either country knows what their landmark new legislation is going to look like in real life. That’s a terrible feature in any law. “Police told to target comics under new hate crime law,” was The...

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He is winning. We are losing

Mar 25, 2024 by

by Effie Deans, Lily of St Leonards: […]  In Europe only did it gradually become possible to question religion and to rebel against cultural norms. While Christianity in the Middle Ages had often been repressive it gradually allowed...

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Scotland’s Hate Crime Act is an authoritarian monstrosity

Mar 22, 2024 by

by Fraser Myers, spiked: The SNP’s woke censorship is fuelled by fear and loathing of ordinary people. ‘Then, before you know it, you’ve committed a hate crime.’ These are the words of the ‘hate monster’, a fuzzy, orange cartoon character...

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Calls to halt rollout of Scotland’s new hate crime law

Mar 21, 2024 by

from Christian Today: A broad coalition of organisations and individuals is calling on the Scottish government to stall implementation of its new Hate Crime and Public Order Act, which comes into force on 1 April. The new law makes it a...

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Why we don’t police anti-Christian hate

Mar 20, 2024 by

by Hardeep Singh, Artillery Row: Jewish and Muslim communities rightly get protections and attention from the government — but Christians are routinely overlooked In the last few weeks, the government has announced a considerable package...

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