Anti-sectarian authoritarianism
We believe that introducing a law to imprison people for up to five years because of offensive sectarian chanting or online comments is extreme and illiberal. continue reading »
"Until the Government deal with segregation in education. Sectarianism will exist"
"their liberty is not liberal, their science is presumptious ignorance"
"Totally against removall of civil liberties! Let's start by stopping marches which celebrate killing Catholics! We wouldn't allow nazis to celebrate the holocaust or other such routs"
"Draconian Law"
"Too much of this proposal could find someone charged on assumption. It is clearly a knee jerk and not well thought out reaction. Maybe if Mr Salmond put as much effort and time into the vastly more rife problem that is knife crime, we could all feel a lot"
"I agree with the petition"
"I do believe it was Queen Elizabeth the 1st in her wish for religious toleration who declared that she had "no desire to make windows into men's souls". So it is disturbing that 21st century secular authoritys are proving to be more conservative than a 17"
"Singing God Save The Queen And Rule Britannia is NOT A Crime Or Sectarian"
""If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind." JS Mill"
"this is aimed at rangers fans of the tradional loyalist protestant boys no popery here this is a slight against us singing the songs that our forefathers sang before we will not be cowed by nationalist msp whoo cant spel properly we love our queen and bro"
"i believe voicing that you are proud of your home country is not crime, and definatly not a sectarian chant."
"Whats that did someone say Alan Brazils bum."