Defending freedoms in Scotland amid proposals to ban conversion practices. Protecting people and protecting freedoms should not be competing objectives.
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"The Bill could create particular difficulties for schools and colleges."
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"This bill should be opposed by any legislator who understands what laws are for."
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From a leading law firm specialising in education: “The [Conversion Practices] Bill is broadly drawn and raises difficult questions for schools and colleges about where legitimate safeguarding ends and potential criminal conduct begins.
Those questions are particularly important when the Bill is considered alongside KCSIE and other guidance and legislation applicable to children. KCSIE requires schools to take a careful approach to children who are questioning their gender. Staff may need to ask difficult questions, involve parents and make safeguarding decisions which do not accord with a child's wishes.”
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As the Westminster consultation deadline nears, use the clear guides from @BinTheBill_ and @SexMattersOrg (highlighted by @WomenOScotland below). 👇
🚨Proposed Conversion Practices Bill - Call to Action!
Please read these alarming comments from @MForstater of @SexMattersOrg :
🗣️ "Everything we've fought for in the last 10 years will have to be rolled back"
🗣️ "The Bill could override every win for common sense from the past several years including Forstater and FWS."
If it passes through Parliament the Bill will apply to England and Wales but the Scottish Government has stated its intention to "explore extending the legislation to Scotland." No surprises there!
🙏 Please act to prevent this Bill from going forward.
You can:
1/ Read the report Criminalising Conversations from Sex Matters and their campaign materials. Also you can check out the resources from @BinTheBill_ .
2/ Respond to the call for evidence by November 16th. Sex Matters have produced helpful guidance. You can respond for example as a parent, grandparent, family member, healthcare worker, education worker, therapist, employer and employee.
3/ Contact your MP either personally or in writing stating your objections to the Bill. Scottish MPs can vote on the Bill even though it covers England and Wales only. There's a link on the Sex Matters site to contact your MP. @BinTheBill_ have downloadable postcards.
4/ Talk to people to alert others to object to the Bill.
We Need to Act to ensure this Bill is stopped.
#BinTheBill
@SexMattersOrg has a helpful guide:
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A bill that threatens free speech. A bill that could criminalise conversations between parents and their own children.
Stop and think about that for a moment. How is this even being considered?
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Good to see increasing numbers of sensible Labour MPs questioning the extraordinary breadth and implications of the draconian and poorly drafted conversion bill.
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You don't have to agree with someone's beliefs to defend their freedom to hold them.
You don't have to share someone's faith to defend religious liberty.
That's what freedom means. It belongs to everyone, not just those who think like us.
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🚨 A MESSAGE FROM LORD YOUNG ON THE CONVERSION PRACTICES BILL AND HOW TO SUBMIT EVIDENCE TO THE COMMITTEE
The Conversion Practices act is one of the worst pieces of legislation Parliament has ever seen.
The bill has been introduced under the guise of banning conversion practices, which are already illegal.
So what will this bill ban? It will criminalise the well intentioned, good faith conversations between parents and their children and therapists and children.
The bill will see parents and healthcare professionals go behind bars if they attempt to persuade gender confused children to either pause or not undertake irreversible, life changing and dangerous medical pathways before the age of 18.
It could not be more sinister or illiberal if they tried.
If you share our concerns about the impact that this will have on free speech and parental rights, use the FSU’s tool to create a bespoke and personalised response to the Joint Committee of MPs and peers scrutinising the bill.
Every response helps and it is the only way to stop this bill.
Use our tool in the link below and watch General Secretary of the Free Speech Union 👇
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“We call on politicians to abandon this Bill and focus instead on enforcement of existing protections and accessible support for anyone facing abuse or coercion.”
Archbishop’s statement on the Draft Conversion Practices Bill: cbcew.org.uk/archbishops-sta…
Protect All Freedoms retweeted
“We call on politicians to abandon this Bill and focus instead on enforcement of existing protections and accessible support for anyone facing abuse or coercion.”
Archbishop’s statement on the Draft Conversion Practices Bill: cbcew.org.uk/archbishops-sta…
You don't have to share someone's beliefs to defend their right to hold them. You don't have to agree with someone's opinions to defend their right to express them.
Our freedoms belong to us all.
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The Government’s trans conversion therapy bill is “contrary to the rule of law”, a former director of public prosecutions has said.
Lord Macdonald said the bill was so unclear that parents would not be able to tell whether an honest conversation with their child could mean they had committed a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison.
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Protect All Freedoms retweeted
Former chief prosecutor Lord Macdonald KC has warned that the Conversion Practices Bill violates the rule of law.
He says the draft bill is so vague that parents may not know whether an honest conversation with their child could amount to a criminal offence punishable by up to five years in prison. One principle of the rule of law, he argues, is that people should be able to tell whether their actions are criminal.
Lord Macdonald led the Crown Prosecution Service from 2003 to 2008 and now sits as a crossbench peer. He is the latest senior figure to criticise the bill, echoing the Free Speech Union’s argument that abusive conversion practices are already illegal.
He believes the bill is an attempt by the trans lobby to secure legislative change through the back door. He told The Telegraph:
“I don’t think it criminalises anything that isn’t already criminal. The minister in the House of Lords was asked to explain what it was that was presently not criminal, that would be criminalised by the legislation.
“And he said that will come out in pre-legislative scrutiny, which is unprecedented. If the minister can’t explain what it is that’s presently lawful that the bill is going to make unlawful, that means there’s a serious problem with the bill, frankly.”
Read more below in @Telegraph 👇
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We often take our freedoms for granted.
The right to speak your mind, practise your faith, question authority and raise your family according to your values.
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