A campaigning LGBT charity turns a deaf ear to its critics
Despite a high-court judgment affirming employees’ right to freedom of belief and speech
PEOPLE BELIEVE many things, some sensible, some less so. English law regards it as a right to hold and express those beliefs—within reason. In recent years courts have ruled that beliefs in catastrophic climate change, ethical veganism and “the ability to communicate with spirits via mediums” are all “worthy of respect in a democratic society”. In 2019 a tribunal considered yet another, namely “that there are only two sexes…male and female”.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Stonewalling”
Britain June 19th 2021
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- A panel finds that London’s police are “institutionally corrupt”
- A campaigning LGBT charity turns a deaf ear to its critics
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- The British covid-19 warning
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- Britain wants to make better use of civilian reserves
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