This is from the UK Home Office web site "It would create a new offence of Incitement to Religious Hatred, closing a gap in existing law, whereby Jews and Sikhs are protected explicitly against incited hatred by the racial hatred offences in the Public Order Act, but members of other faiths are not. The offences would apply where threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour are used by someone who intends to stir up hatred against a group of people defined by reference to religious belief or lack of religious belief, or it is likely that such hatred will be stirred up."
So, it seems that if the bill becomes law and if a jury judges that it is likely that hatred will be stirred up by a comedian attacking a religion with a particular sketch, someone could go to prison. This is not good news. Regards Tim Babylon 5 - The Parliament of Dreams Delenn: Then do this in testimony to the one who will follow, who will bring death couched in the promise of new life and renewal disguised as defeat. _______________________________________________ Libnw mailing list [email protected] List info and subscriber options: http://immosys.com/mailman/listinfo/libnw Archives: http://immosys.com/mailman//pipermail/libnw
