"After all, not one citizen actually spoke at the trial to say that they were offended by the tweet or other material. Even Twitter didn’t take it down. This was…
Ten years ago, no one would have batted an eyelid at Maya Forstater’s view that “men cannot change into women” says Lois McLatchie. Nowadays, expressing such a view can result…
“Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.” It’s a quote popularly attributed to St Francis of Assisi and typically used to signify that speech is a…
"A common-sense judgment from Manchester County Court brings a beam of hope to what has been a long winter chill on expression," writes communications officer Lois McLatchie.
Recently the Scottish government published a Bill that heralded an end to national laws against blasphemy. In the same fell swoop, the centuries-old prohibition on criticizing religion will be replaced with…