IS IT JUST ME ? PART 3..
The other afternoon, I was out with Barney walking through the snow covered orchards and when I got back to the car I turned the radio on just in time to catch the news. And what I was hearing made me wonder if I had somehow been transported to a different planet.
First there was the report that the two hoteliers from Marazion in Cornwall had lost their appeal against their conviction on a charge of discrimination when, because of their deeply held religious beliefs, they declined to allow a gay couple to share a room. So it seems that deeply held christian beliefs in a country that has been predominantly christian for 2,000 years come a poor second to `human rights,` the definition of which is becoming as absurd as that for our old friends health and safety.
Then there was another appeal decision which decreed that local councils cannot include prayers on the agenda for their meetings - yet another slap in the face of another centuries old tradition inflicted by yet another vociferous minority. The daft thing is that it seems perfectly legal for local councils to say their prayers before meetings so long as they don`t formalise it by putting it on their agendas; and in any event the introduction of the Government`s localism legislation is likely to mean that local councils can make their own minds up about things like this anyway, so the court case really was a lot of fuss about nothing.
As Harry Redknapp might say, "Should never have been brought to court." And yet it was only a couple of days ago that we learned of yet another extremist Muslim cleric who shouldn`t be in this country anyway and who cannot be deported as he might be tried in his home country and convicted on evidence that might have been obtained through torture. So we have to live with this threat on our own streets and doubtless fork out a shedload of benefits to maintain his human rights and lifestyle.
Is it me or are there times when the law really is an ass? Beam me up, Scotty !!
Then there was another appeal decision which decreed that local councils cannot include prayers on the agenda for their meetings - yet another slap in the face of another centuries old tradition inflicted by yet another vociferous minority. The daft thing is that it seems perfectly legal for local councils to say their prayers before meetings so long as they don`t formalise it by putting it on their agendas; and in any event the introduction of the Government`s localism legislation is likely to mean that local councils can make their own minds up about things like this anyway, so the court case really was a lot of fuss about nothing.
As Harry Redknapp might say, "Should never have been brought to court." And yet it was only a couple of days ago that we learned of yet another extremist Muslim cleric who shouldn`t be in this country anyway and who cannot be deported as he might be tried in his home country and convicted on evidence that might have been obtained through torture. So we have to live with this threat on our own streets and doubtless fork out a shedload of benefits to maintain his human rights and lifestyle.
Is it me or are there times when the law really is an ass? Beam me up, Scotty !!
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