A leading lawyer has slammed the Scottish government’s plans for a new law which could see parents jailed for stopping their children changing gender.
In a withering 46-page critique, Aidan O’Neill KC says the proposals amount to ‘jellyfish legislation’ which is ‘impossible to grasp’ but has ‘a sting in the tail’.
The Scottish proposals could see church leaders jailed for up to seven years if they preach, pray, or give pastoral advice in line with the Bible’s teaching on sexual ethics.
O’Neill brands the plans ‘ill-thought out, confused and confusing, and fundamentally illiberal in intent and effect’.
He also says there are strong arguments to suggest the plans are ‘beyond the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament’.
