Incitement to hatred plans must allow traditional Christian opinion - Churches
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Church of England and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales have commented on the Government’s plans to create a new offence of incitement to hatred on grounds of sexual orientation.

Focussing on the use of threatening words or behaviour which are used with the intention of stirring up hatred goes a considerable way towards meeting the Churches’ concerns, they say in a memorandum to the parliamentary committee responsible for the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.

While they affirm their support for the protection of people vulnerable to attack on grounds of their sexuality or gender identity, the Churches suggest that existing legal provisions in the Public Order Act already offer sufficient protection. the rest