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My DD was telling me today that her friend, who I've known since a baby, is now a non-binary person called Pip.
I confess I laughed because knowing this child as well as I do, I'm 99% sure they are not non binary but saying they are for a laugh (they do have a habit of taking the pee out of people at times)
But under the new HCB my DD could report me for that couldn't she? Even though I have non-binary colleagues who I accept, work well with, and like.
No 9ne knows how strictly it will be enforced, but what the new legislation will do is to create a climate of mild fear, so that people will feel inhibited to speak in even their own homes, for fear of someone reporting them. The Law Society of Scotland opposed the legislation and did succeed in changing the wording from very draconian to slightly less draconian, but when the government is ignoring its own country's lawyers telling them their legislation is bad, thars really worrying.
I think that's very sinister and I cannot think of any reason why Scottish politicians consider it justifiable. It doesn't concern the greater public interest as with terrorism offences.
It really does show that minority groups hold far too much sway in influencing legislation in Scotland, and the lack of a second chamber to act as a check on Parliament. It's really concerning that Scotland is able to pass such legislation without a second revisary chamber being in place.
I always find it strange that in all the effort the Snp has put into independence, it has never formulated plans for a constitution protecting all citizens from human rights, or to become a signatory to the ECHR, or to create a proper bicameral parliament with a clear separation of powers.
I would have thought such matters would be at the forefront of independence discussions.