Church leaders have expressed concern that some passages in the Bible or the Catechism of the Catholic Church could be deemed offensive under Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act and that “vexatious” complaints under the law are now likely.
The Hate Crime and Public Order Act that came into force April 1 creates a new offense of “possessing inflammatory material,” which in the judgment of a police officer could “stir up hatred” on the grounds of age, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.
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