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Religion in the United Kingdom (view source)
Revision as of 23:31, March 26, 2010
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In 2010, the National Secular Society also forced the Government, through threat of legal action, to remove a religious opt-out clause from discrimination law, causing serious problems for the Church.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/nss-forces-government-to-remove1.html</ref>
In 2010, the National Secular Society also forced the Government, through threat of legal action, to remove a religious opt-out clause from discrimination law, causing serious problems for the Church.<ref>http://www.secularism.org.uk/nss-forces-government-to-remove1.html</ref>
== Blasphemy ==
In January 2010, Liberal Democrat MP Even Harris, proposed the repeal of the UK's Blasphemy laws. After celebrity support from Philip Pullman and Richard Dawkins, the law eventually passed in May 2010. Evan Harris is a member of the National Secular Society and a gay rights campaigner.<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1942668/Blasphemy-laws-are-lifted.html</ref><ref>http://www.evanharris.org.uk/</ref>
The Blasphemy laws have been 'replaced' with equality laws which make religious discrimination akin to racial discrimination. This law, however (also protecting homosexuals), prevents the church from being anti-gay and effectively gag it.
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