Religious hatred law – a bear pit for extremists
Rohan Jayasekera has a good article on the Index on Censorship website in which he foresees legal chaos should the proposed incitement to religious hatred bill become law.
Calls to prosecute the blasphemous will become rallying cries. Religious extremists will lead, fired not by fear of violence or threat of crime, but by the desire to bring their apostates and critics to court to be punished and silenced.
(Thanks to Simon in the comments for the tip)
UPDATE: The Pub Philosopher has compiled a useful list of groups campaigning against the bill.
I’ve compiled a list of the various groups that are campaigning against this stupid law and posted it on my blog. If you know of any others, let me know.