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Dear oh dear;
Daily Mail
Hard to believe Scotland, the source of so much of the Enlightenment would descend into the retreat of reason. Hume will be spinning in his grave.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was greeted with cries of 'shame on you' today as a controversial law on gender was voted through in Holyrood.
The Scottish parliament was suspended by a demonstration in the public gallery as MSPs passed the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86 to 39 this afternoon. It was the second protest of the day, with a demonstrator earlier shouting that 'no one is listening to women'. The Bill makes it easier to obtain a gender recognition certificate (GRC) on the basis of self-declaration and removing the need for a gender dysphoria diagnosis for anyone aged 16 or older. But opponents of the Bill have said it could endanger women and girls and put single-sex spaces at risk. They also fear violent male sex offenders who transition, including rapists and child abusers, will be able to force victims to use their female pronouns in court, increasing their trauma. A bid to block this loophole by inserting a clause ensuring those on the sex offenders' register cannot obtain a GRC failed by just one vote last night, after three days of furious debates. Scottish Conservative equalities spokeswoman Rachael Hamilton said: 'We all support improving the experience for trans people but that should never come at the expense of the safety of women and girls, and their hard-won rights. 'But Nicola Sturgeon's Bill – in the form that it has been passed – does put their safety at risk.' Tonight Alister Jack, the Secretary of State for Scotland, said he was examining whether to block the legislation.
Daily Mail
Hard to believe Scotland, the source of so much of the Enlightenment would descend into the retreat of reason. Hume will be spinning in his grave.