Religious Hatred Bill In UK Thrown Out By Peers

Peers have inflicted a heavy defeat on government plans to create a new offence of inciting religious hatred, despite strong hints of a climbdown from the Home Office.

Peers voted to water down the Bill, removing plans for an offence of using abusive or offensive language about religion, but left intact proposals to outlaw threatening behaviour.

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Lords Defeat For Religious Hate Bill

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