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Absolutely. I was just coming to clause 7. Clause 7 creates that imbalance. It makes it a one-way system that protects conduct intended to affirm a sexual orientation or gender identity that a person considers themselves to be. It goes back to the earlier point that, if somebody is distressed and trying to find…
I thank the Member for giving way. He is always kind about it. He has not come to clause 7 yet, but he has talked about distress. I find many things in the Bill distressing. Undoubtedly, one of the key tenets is what the Member is talking about. On the question of gender, I take the Member to clause 7(1)(c). He…
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. What relation does what Mr Gaston has said — any of it, to be perfectly honest, but particularly his most recent comments — have to what we are discussing? At what point will you intervene, Mr Speaker?
Indeed. That is an impassioned and detailed breakdown of how the organisation views the Bill and the outworkings and problems that it will bring forward. It is important to recognise that not everybody has my world view, and it is important that those with a world view are allowed to express it regardless of whether I…
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Dog-whistle messaging, Controversy escalation.
I cannot imagine the Member ever getting distressed in the Chamber. His point touched on ideology. That is a very important aspect of the Bill that we are debating. We have a view on the dangerous ideologies that the Bill could bring into law. Does the Member accept, however, that the range of individuals and groups…
Absolutely. I thank the Member for her intervention. I have a right to do that. I read out that passage and laid out a scenario because ministers and pastors in Churches across the country are concerned about the implications of the Bill and its chilling effect, because it would inhibit them from carrying out their…
I thank the Member for giving way. I make the point that he has a right to freedom of religion or belief. He may also be offended by things that he hears in the Chamber. It is unfair for one person to say that what the Member says is offensive but for them not to listen to the other side of the argument. I take Mr…
I thank the Member for intervening. I gave him a scenario in which somebody comes to a preacher or pastor after they have preached those verses on a Sunday to ask them to go through them again, and the preacher or pastor says that they believe that the practice is wrong and that that person could convert and leave it…
I thank the Member for giving way. Maybe it will reassure him to know that he would be as entitled to get up in the Chamber and read the passage that he has just read after the Bill passed as he was before, because, first, it is not a conversion practice; it is not targeted at any individual. It is reading scripture,…
The Member may find that offensive or believe that people in the House will find that offensive, but, as a Christian, you either believe the Bible or you do not. Loving thy neighbour is also warning thy neighbour of certain dangers. All I am doing is using those passages to tease out, essentially, from the Bill…
The Member is deliberately misrepresenting what I said. My question was as follows. Given that there are things in the Bible that can be taken in different contexts, such as sowing different types of seeds together or not doing anything on a Saturday or a Sunday, there are all sorts of things that may not apply to one…
I thank the Member for giving way. I always think that it is interesting when people quote specific parts of the Bible because there are all sorts of parts in the Bible that can be taken out of context and actually advocate some quite strange things that are outdated now. However, one constant in the Bible is…
As a Christian blessed to be co-opted into this North Antrim seat, I have a moral duty to speak out against the dangerous and reckless legislation that Mr Tennyson is attempting to bring in. I do not claim to be a theologian or a preacher; I am just a sinner saved by grace. That is my qualification to speak on the…
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Identity framing, Sectarian or communal antagonism, Dog-whistle messaging.
On a point of order, Mr Speaker. We had this discussion last week as well, but Standing Order 31 — correct me if I am wrong, as I am a new Member — states that a Second Stage debate is about a Bill's general principles. Is it in order for Members to paint the picture that we will be voting for the Bill as it is now…
A lot has been said on the Bill over the last few days on which it has been debated. Members have gone into the clauses in a lot of detail, so my comments on the Bill will be fairly broad. The Bill is presented to the House as a safeguard or a shield of protection for the people. Who is the Bill sponsor trying to…
FlaggedGender, sexuality, abortion and related social issuesCriteria met: Identity framing, Dog-whistle messaging.
I agree with the Minister's point. It is because they want to ignore the substantive detail of the Bill that many of the Members opposite have resorted to directing personal abuse towards the DUP. They have brought up historical grievances, because they do not want to confront the substance of the Bill. It is…
If the Member wants to make an intervention, she is able to do that, but I doubt that she will, because I do not think that she has the ability to properly articulate an argument. Sinn Féin today seems more interested in just shouting across the Chamber. Is it not the case that there is so much laughing and guffawing…