Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Vote on Sexual Orientations Regulations - TODAY
Tonight, the Lords vote on the final submissions of the Sexual Orientations (Goods and Services) Regulations.
There has been a final amendment made to the regulations, that read:
"This House, having regard to the widespread concerns that the draft Regulations compromise religious liberty and will result in litigation over the content of classroom teaching, and having regard to the legality of the equivalent regulations for Northern Ireland, declines to approve the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007."
Peers will then be asked to vote to strike down the regulations.
Following Monday Evenings Commons vote, in which MP's voted 310 votes to 100 to accept the regulations, tonight is the final chance for the regulations to be struck down.
If they are not, then the regulations will come into force on the 30th April.
As Lords have no constituent's, we cannot advise our members to write to them specifically. Yet if you wish to contact any of the Lords to show your support for the regulations, please feel free to use the Email Action letter, and go to:
http://www.writetothem.com/lords
Where by you can enter Gay Rights or Sexual Orientation Regulations and a list of Lords who have specified interest or spoken in the house regarding these areas will show allowing you to chose to send an email to them.
Also this evening, a group of Christian lawyers (The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship) are planning a "prayer vigil" outside Parliament on the same night (between 7 and 9pm at Old Palace yard (the square opposite the St Stephen's entrance to the House of Lords).
As an "Official" Protest from the Gay Community hasn't been applied for, we cannot ask for you to attend in a counter-demonstration, yet there wasn't during they're last protest, during the discussion of the same regulations for Northern Ireland, and a small group of LGBT people were able to gather and show they're support for the regulations.
There has been a final amendment made to the regulations, that read:
"This House, having regard to the widespread concerns that the draft Regulations compromise religious liberty and will result in litigation over the content of classroom teaching, and having regard to the legality of the equivalent regulations for Northern Ireland, declines to approve the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007."
Peers will then be asked to vote to strike down the regulations.
Following Monday Evenings Commons vote, in which MP's voted 310 votes to 100 to accept the regulations, tonight is the final chance for the regulations to be struck down.
If they are not, then the regulations will come into force on the 30th April.
As Lords have no constituent's, we cannot advise our members to write to them specifically. Yet if you wish to contact any of the Lords to show your support for the regulations, please feel free to use the Email Action letter, and go to:
http://www.writetothem.com/lords
Where by you can enter Gay Rights or Sexual Orientation Regulations and a list of Lords who have specified interest or spoken in the house regarding these areas will show allowing you to chose to send an email to them.
Also this evening, a group of Christian lawyers (The Lawyers' Christian Fellowship) are planning a "prayer vigil" outside Parliament on the same night (between 7 and 9pm at Old Palace yard (the square opposite the St Stephen's entrance to the House of Lords).
As an "Official" Protest from the Gay Community hasn't been applied for, we cannot ask for you to attend in a counter-demonstration, yet there wasn't during they're last protest, during the discussion of the same regulations for Northern Ireland, and a small group of LGBT people were able to gather and show they're support for the regulations.
Labels: Gay Actions, Gay Rights UK, GLITA
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