A Catholic official in Scotland last week publicly raised the prospect that the faithful might soon be breaking the law if they profess Church teaching on marriage and sexuality.
Anthony Horan, director of the Catholic Parliamentary Office, warned politicians that a new hate crimes law might entrap ordinary Catholics who dared to share Church teaching on, say, same-sex marriage or transsexuality.
“In a climate of heightened sensitivity there is a very real danger that expressing or even holding individual or collective opinions or beliefs will become a hate crime,” he said in reference to a consultation ahead of a Scottish Hate Crimes Bill.
