Donna Danna (10 June 2005)
"Religious Hate Law Would Protect Witches & Cults"


Religious Hate Law Would Protect Witches & Cults

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=645619

Now You Face Jail For Being Nasty To Satanists

In line with the existing offence of stirring up racial hatred, the new religious hatred legislation would apply to threatening, abusive or insulting words, behaviour or written material. It would cover authors, publishers, theatre directors, film distributors and broadcasters.

They would face up to seven years in jail if they intended to stir up religious hatred or if their remarks were likely to be heard or seen by someone likely to be stirred up.

Those responsible for a poster campaign, for example, could be prosecuted even if the only people to see the posters were anti-racist campaigners taking them down.

It would not be a defence to the "likelihood" charge that the accused person did not intend to stir up hatred.

FULL STORY at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=0JGXZWMOYVHM1QFIQMGSM5WAVCBQWJVC?xml=/news/2005/06/10/nhate10.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/06/10/ixnewstop.html

Anti-Hatred Bill Would Protect Minority Faiths Including Satanists & Pagans

http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1503008,00.html