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The Alliances are urging their members to take time off work this coming week as part of the protest, and calling for huge numbers of people to gather outside the Houses of Parliament on 11 October, the date that the Bill’s first full debate is scheduled to take place at the House of Lords.

Evangelicals Reiterate Call for Freedom of Speech Rallies Against Religious Hatred Bill

Richard Evans Lee
October 08, 2005 •
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Well, since the Evangelical Alliance are taking their marching orders from the National Secular Society on this matter, I think they're actualy right on this (even if their motives aren't particularly good ones). The Religious Hatred Bill is a bad idea, in my humble opinion, since we already have an Incitement to Hatred Bill on the statue books, plus the enforcment of the Religious Hatred Bill is going to be haphazard and is going to put artists and performers who want to mock religion - ie. comedians, writers and so on - in to a bind since the law is very much unclear.

Posted by: Tom Morris | October 9, 2005 7:19 AM

To be honest once the tabloid style headline popped into my mind I couldn't resist the cheap shot. I'm too libertarian (lower-case 'l' - not the party) to favor speech restrictions. Here in the US our weirdest 'hate speech' law was one that the cattle industry in Texas got passed making it illegal to defame meat.

Posted by: Richard | October 9, 2005 7:27 AM

I'm agnostic myself, and gay, so I understand the want of protection from radical and hateful evangalists. However, I don't support a bill that threatens freedom of speech; I still want the ability to argue with the religious right without my liberties being threatened.

Posted by: Chris | October 17, 2005 9:58 PM

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My thanks,
Richard

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