The following article is from the Family First Website. The Government’s Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to be proposed by the Labour Government under the pretence of ‘the public good’. The full article can be viewed on their website by clicking here.
‘Hate-speech’ laws continue to be proposed by the Labour Government under the pretence of ‘the public good’. After all, who can disagree with the idea of banning ‘hate’? But beneath the shiny veneer of good intentions lies one of the most dangerous attempts at a law change our country has faced in recent history.
After years of debate and 19,000 submissions to a recent Ministry of Justice consultation on six changes proposed by the Government to expand hate speech laws, the Government has finally released its draft hate speech law – and in a major backdown, they have proposed just one change.
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Controversial “hate-speech” laws continue to be proposed by the Labour Government under the pretence of ‘the public good’. After all, who can disagree with the idea of banning “hate”?
But beneath the shiny veneer of good intentions lies one of the most dangerous attempts at a law change our country has faced in recent history.