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July 12, 2005
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill passes 3rd reading
The Racial and Religious Hatred Bill passed its third reading in the Commons by 301 votes to 229. It now passes to the Lords, no doubt for some scrutiny.
Dominic Grieve, the shadow attorney general said:
“If the government really wants to tackle this issue, it is going to have to get away from the promises made to various people of some equal playing field, accept that religion and race are different, start to look at the real nature of the problem and try to come up with some constructive solutions.”
He pointed out a failure to define religion in the bill meant that cults such as Satanists, Scientologists and believers in female genital mutilation would be protected.
For the government, Paul Goggins said it would be up to the courts to define religion.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4673301.stm
Posted by Simon Holledge at July 12, 2005 02:50 PM
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