Author Archives: Graham Veale

The Pros and Cons of Conscience Clauses

updated 19/05/15

Now that a Judge has decided that Asher’s bakery were guilty of breaking discrimination laws for refusing to bake a cake with a “Support Gay Marriage” logo, attention will return to Paul Givan’s proposal that Northern Ireland’s equality legislation be amended to include a “conscience clause”.

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Is Morality in the Interests of Health and Safety?

In the interests of safety,  some security experts could argue that Buzz Lightyear should be banned from airports. This would fit with established practice, and the argument for a ban on Lightyear’s would straightforward. Obviously, security guards at airports are rather keen to confiscate weapons from passengers before they board jet-planes.

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