Comments on: A secular society does not just protect those without faith – it protects those with faith too http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/09/secular-society-does-not-just-protect.htm Liberal Democrat MP for Hornsey and Wood Green Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Anonymous http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/09/secular-society-does-not-just-protect.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1264 Anonymous Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:42:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1884#comment-1264 '[...] the Conservative Party’s dodgy attitude to gay people in his speech, but publicly even they claim to have realised the error of their ways and eschewed the bigotry [...]' <br/><br/>It is disappointing that you use a speech on a serious subject to make cheap and dated partisan points like that. ‘[...] the Conservative Party’s dodgy attitude to gay people in his speech, but publicly even they claim to have realised the error of their ways and eschewed the bigotry [...]‘

It is disappointing that you use a speech on a serious subject to make cheap and dated partisan points like that.

]]> By: Russ http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/09/secular-society-does-not-just-protect.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1263 Russ Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:52:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1884#comment-1263 Can also say thanks for posting up your speeches - it's never quite the same on the page, but it's a good way to get a flavour of the fringe for those of us who aren't there!<br/><br/>I do have some discomfort about the LibDem approach to gay rights, however, some of which is relevant to your speech. The LibDem gay rights manifesto - published in, I think, 2005 - promised support for an Equality Act which would prevent service providers from discriminating on the grounds of sexual orientation. Yet when the Sexual Orientation Regulations came before Parliament last year, the party voted for a Bill which included some major concessions on that central promise (regarding B&B providers, for example). I'm sorry for such a long post, but this has always troubled me, and I'd be very grateful if you were able to respond. Can also say thanks for posting up your speeches – it's never quite the same on the page, but it's a good way to get a flavour of the fringe for those of us who aren't there!

I do have some discomfort about the LibDem approach to gay rights, however, some of which is relevant to your speech. The LibDem gay rights manifesto – published in, I think, 2005 – promised support for an Equality Act which would prevent service providers from discriminating on the grounds of sexual orientation. Yet when the Sexual Orientation Regulations came before Parliament last year, the party voted for a Bill which included some major concessions on that central promise (regarding B&B providers, for example). I'm sorry for such a long post, but this has always troubled me, and I'd be very grateful if you were able to respond.

]]> By: Lynne Featherstone MP http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/09/secular-society-does-not-just-protect.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1262 Lynne Featherstone MP Tue, 16 Sep 2008 08:17:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1884#comment-1262 Sure - thanks! Sure – thanks!

]]> By: Jen http://www.lynnefeatherstone.org/2008/09/secular-society-does-not-just-protect.htm/comment-page-1#comment-1261 Jen Tue, 16 Sep 2008 07:58:00 +0000 http://localhost/wp28/?p=1884#comment-1261 Thankyou for being on the panel Lynne - could we reproduce this on the <a HREF="http://lgbt.libdems.org.uk" REL="nofollow">DELGA website</a>? Thankyou for being on the panel Lynne – could we reproduce this on the DELGA website?

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