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Breakpoint

A Heresy to "Misgender" in Scotland

Breakpoint

Colson Center

Christianity, News Commentary, News, Religion & Spirituality

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

Anyone found guilty of hurtful content under the new law could face up to seven years in jail.

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0:00.0

With a look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Stone Street with the point.

0:04.7

On April the 1st, the Scottish government made it illegal to misgender someone.

0:09.2

The new law, and I quote, makes it an offense to stir a hatred with threatening or abusive behavior on the basis of

0:14.9

characteristics including age disability religion sexual orientation and transgender identity

0:20.1

with obviously the last two of those getting the most attention.

0:23.0

Anyone found guilty of hurtful content could face seven years in jail,

0:27.0

even for content published outside of Scotland.

0:29.0

All it takes is for someone in Scotland to think it might be offensive.

0:32.0

As Lois McClatchy Miller posted on X. is for someone in Scotland to think it might be offensive.

0:32.8

As Lois McClatchy Miller posted on X, quote,

0:35.6

it was 1697 when the last man in Scotland

0:38.4

was condemned for blasphemy.

0:39.7

Today we've introduced new blasphemy laws

0:42.1

to punish heretics of the dominant church of

0:44.4

woke. The promise of secularism was that religion would fade and therefore freedom

0:48.5

would rise but instead all we've done is to replace the faith they gave us

0:52.4

freedom with a new one, one far more intolerant.

0:56.0

For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street.

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