It’ll be worth keeping an eye on this story on the BBC today.
Last-ditch bid for ‘gay hate’ law
The government is bidding to overturn a defeat in the House of Lords over new laws criminalising “homophobic hatred”.
The law, intended to protect gay people from threatening behaviour, was backed by MPs, amid fears attacks are rising.
But peers voted on Wednesday to amend the Coroners and Justice Bill to allow criticism of “sexual conduct and practice”, to protect “free speech”.
The government will again try to pass the law before the parliamentary session ends on Thursday.
I can see both sides of the argument, and I think I’m on the side of the Lords. You can’t simply ban people from being negative about homosexuality. Though you do need to have some caveats – the stuff the Phelps family come out with isn’t just a bit of criticism, it’s down right nasty shit.
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