May 2008
Comment by Colin Hart: An important victory for Gospel freedom (8/5/08)
Free speech victory over 'gay hate' law (8/5/08)
MPs remove free speech clause from 'gay hate' law (7/5/08)
MPs set to vote on free speech amendment to 'gay hatred' law (2/5/08)
April 2008
Gay writer applauds free speech victory (24/4/08)
The Times article by Matthew Parris: 'Free speech demands a bit of give-and-take, m'luds'
(24/4/08)
Lords approve free speech change to 'gay hatred' law (22/4/08)
Press Release: Lords approve free speech change to 'gay hatred' law (22/4/08)
March 2008
January 2008
Official poll reveals gay numbers hype (28/1/08)
Press Release: New briefing outlines free speech concerns over 'gay hate' offence (25/1/08)
Free speech amendment to 'gay hate' law tabled in Lords (24/1/08)
Lords say 'gay hate' law is a threat to free speech (23/1/08)
The Christian Institute's briefing (21/1/08)
Commons vote analysis (21/1/08)
Free speech clause to 'gay hate' law attracts support (10/1/08)
Press Release: MPs to vote on free speech amendment to 'gay hate' law (9/1/08)
December 2007
MPs propose free speech change to 'gay hate' law (12/12/07)
The wording of the free speech amendment
(12/12/07)
The Observer article: 'Don't turn our law enforcers into thought police'
(9/12/07)
The Spectator article by Matthew Parris: 'I oppose a "gay-hate" law because that is not what criminal legislation is for'
(8/12/07)
November 2007
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Government's memo on introducing a homophobic hatred offence
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'Protect free speech from gay hate law', say Bishops (28/11/07)
The Church of England and Roman Catholic Church's joint statement against the proposed law
(28/11/07)
Government split over need for gay hate law (26/11/07)
Times Online article: 'Attorney-General set to scupper plans to make gay hate a crime'
(26/11/07)
Wording of gay speech crime published by the Government (16/11/07)
The Government's proposed wording for 'gay hate' law (15/11/07)
The Daily Telegraph article: 'Anti-hatred laws threaten to be anti-justice'
(11/11/07)
Gay journalist: hate law will harm free speech (9/11/07)
The Financial Times article: 'A mockery of the law and the disabled'
(8/11/07)
The Daily Telegraph article: 'New law could make gay jokes illegal'
(8/11/07)
Comedian speaks out against "unnecessary" gay hate law (7/11/07)
October 2007
The Christian Institute's Simon Calvert speaks out against a 'homophobic hatred' law on Radio 4's PM Programme (29/10/07)
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Submission of The Christian Institute to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill Public Bill Committee on a 'homophobic hatred' law (25/10/07)- Don Horrocks' (Evangelical Alliance) evidence to a Parliamentary committee
(18/10/07)
Stonewall: make 'gay hate' law like race not religion (18/10/07)- Ben Summerskill's (Stonewall) evidence to a Parliamentary committee
(16/10/07)
News archive: 'Top lawyer says the police are going beyond the law'
Press Release: Stonewall wants 'gay hate' law to censor Christians (15/10/07)
The Spectator article: 'Laws that constrain free speech bring out the childish bigot in me'
(13/10/07)
Daily Mail article: Littlejohn speaks out against the proposed law
(12/10/07)
Times Online article: Homosexual journalist Matthew Parris writes that an homophobic hatred law is unnecessary
(11/10/07)
Guardian Unlimited article: Homosexual campaigner Peter Tatchell argues against the new threat to free speech
(10/10/07)
Daily Mail article: 'Jailing people for making homophobic comments will only promote intolerance, says one of Britain's best-known gay entertainers...'
(10/10/07)
Brief summary (10/10/07)
Extract from Second Reading debate (9/10/07)
Times Online article: 'Inciting hatred against gays could lead to 7 years in prison'
(9/10/07)
The Daily Telegraph article: 'Seven years jail for gay hate preachers'
(9/10/07)
Daily Express article: 'Jail threat to vicars under gay hate law'
(9/10/07)
Daily Mail article: 'New law means anti-gay comments could lead to seven years in jail'
(9/10/07)
Press Release: 'Gay hate' law threatens free speech (6/10/07)
Ten arguments against a 'homophobic hatred' law


