a narrow escape

The government's plans to create a criminal offence of stirring up "religous hatred" have been defeated! The Christian Institute was asking people to pray. Atheists sided with Christians and called it an attempt to curtail freedom of speech. In a democracy, said Liberty, there's no right not to be offended. Thankfully, in a way that's becoming worryingly rare recently, our members of parliament have come down on the side of democracy and civil liberties - they listened to the Lords, and they listened to the protesters outside Westminster, and they saw sense. More on this once I've calmed down a bit.
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