Misuse Of Anti-Discrimination Laws
EDM number 237 in 2014-15, proposed by David TC Davies on 08/07/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Equality, Religion and faith communities, Service industries and Sex discrimination.
That this House notes the impending prosecution by the Equality Commission (EC) of the managers of a bakery for declining to bake a cake with a gay rights slogan; opposed to discrimination, regrets the fact that the law is being used in such a draconian fashion to target people with Christian beliefs; deplores the use of taxpayers' money to further the agenda of the activists; and calls on the Minister for Equality to issue guidance to the EC to prevent this prosecution from being carried forward.
This motion has been signed by a total of 13 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Davies | 08/07/2014 | Monmouth | Conservative | Proposed |
| Jim Shannon | 09/07/2014 | Strangford | DUP | Seconded |
| Nigel Dodds | 09/07/2014 | Belfast North | DUP | Seconded |
| Stewart Jackson | 09/07/2014 | Peterborough | Conservative | Seconded |
| Philip Davies | 10/07/2014 | Shipley | Conservative | Seconded |
| Andrew Rosindell | 14/07/2014 | Romford | Conservative | Seconded |
| Ian Paisley Jnr | 14/07/2014 | North Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Sammy Wilson | 14/07/2014 | East Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| Mike Hancock | 15/07/2014 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Laurence Robertson | 15/07/2014 | Tewkesbury | Conservative | Signed |
| William McCrea | 15/07/2014 | South Antrim | DUP | Signed |
| David Simpson | 15/07/2014 | Upper Bann | DUP | Signed |
| Bob Blackman | 16/07/2014 | Harrow East | Conservative | Signed |
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