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Subject: New Scottish law.
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vampboy 30.07.20 - 09:37pm
Bishops fear owning a Bible could be hate crime under new Scots law.

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill looks to extend the law on hate crime covering particular characteristics, including religion, sexual orientation and transgender identity.

If the law is passed by Holyrood, it means that words or behaviour considered to be abusive and likely to stir up hatred would constitute an offence.

With section five of the legislation creating an offence of possessing inflammatory material, they fear the low threshold in the proposed new laws could render material such as the Bible ... as being inflammatory under the new provision.

[link]https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1316590/snp-news-scotland-hate-crime-law-humza-yousaf-holyrood-latest/amp[/link]

So greater extention on 'hate crimes' to cover virtually anything that could be considered offensive, so much so that if it wasn't for these priests who feel the bible may fall within the emblem of the new provision, little media attention was even being paid to the bill....




The bishops warned how hatred is defined is not clear which leaves it open to wide interpretation - adding this could lead to vexatious claims having to be dealt with by police.

In their submission they also stressed criminalising conduct is a serious step that should not be taken lightly.

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ogdenz 30.07.20 - 11:39pm
Owning a bible will not become a hate crime in Scottish law. And rightly so. Too much Catholic and Protestant bullcrap here. * +

bambi60 31.07.20 - 01:41am
If ye dinnae eat yer meat ...ye dinnae get yer puddin ' * +

thetagruntbird 31.07.20 - 02:49am
Too many words.....but owning a bible is illegal in China and thats where we are heading * +

mikeymk 31.07.20 - 06:38am
Lol way to go Scotland, you don't need us * +

dan27notts 31.07.20 - 11:36am
Every day we strive further and further from god * +

vampboy 31.07.20 - 11:42am

Yup. * +

deusexmachina 31.07.20 - 11:45am

Good. * +

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