The politician who authored the Scottish “buffer zones” law that forbids “influence” within 200 metres of an abortion facility has admitted that praying by a window in one’s own home could be an offence depending on who is passing by at the time.
Speaking to the BBC’s “Scotcast” podcast this week, Gillian Mackay MSP, a Green Party politician, denied that prayer was being criminalised under the law and said that “we are not banning prayer”. But when asked if “performative prayer” with “clasped hands” that was visible from the window of a home (one located within the buffer zone) could potentially lead to prosecution, she responded: “That then depends on who’s passing the window…”
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