Like a cat playing with a ball of wool, the longer politicians and interested parties spend trying to tease out the provisions of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act, the more confused and knotted it becomes.
After the disgraceful incidents aimed at Celtic manager Neil Lennon and others, the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland supported the introduction of legislation designed to tackle sectarianism. However, as the Herald reveals today, the Catholic hierarchy now has serious misgivings about the legislation. Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley, considered the most likely next Scottish cardinal, has written to First Minister Alex Salmond, objecting both to the consultation on gay marriage and the legislation to tackle sectarianism, which he regards as a distraction from the real issue. The Church of Scotland has similar reservations. The Herald shares these misgivings.
Good law needed on sectarianism
Like a cat playing with a ball of wool, the longer politicians and interested parties spend trying to tease out the provisions of the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act, the more confused and knotted it becomes.
After the disgraceful incidents aimed at Celtic manager Neil Lennon and others, the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland supported the introduction of legislation designed to tackle sectarianism. However, as the Herald reveals today, the Catholic hierarchy now has serious misgivings about the legislation. Bishop Philip Tartaglia of Paisley, considered the most likely next Scottish cardinal, has written to First Minister Alex Salmond, objecting both to the consultation on gay marriage and the legislation to tackle sectarianism, which he regards as a distraction from the real issue. The Church of Scotland has similar reservations. The Herald shares these misgivings.
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