Equality Bill

I agree. That is why, when we debated the Equality Bill last time, I advocated taking out the notion of religious harassment. I was worried that individual human dignity would be violated by thin-skinned zealots who would then bring crazy cases in county courts. There would then be publicity in the Daily Mail which would bring the law into disrepute. I am totally in favour of defining the law, if one can, to avoid that. However, my experience, after a long time at the Bar, is that idiots, stupid people, thin-skinned people and zealots are always around, and the law should not cater for them.