According to Wilshaw, these schools showed signs that they do not «conform to the
spirit of the equalities legislation which underpins the spiritual moral social and cultural standard».
Asked whether the «
tide of equality legislation has gone too far in elevating equality over religious freedom», just one in five disagreed, while nearly eight in ten agreed or were unsure.
Baroness O'Loan, who has tabled Bill, said: «No one should be coerced by the risk to their careers into violating their conscience, and it is plainly inconsistent with the
principles of equality legislation to exclude whole sections of society from areas of medical employment simply because of their moral beliefs.»
Suddenly, a
lot of the equalities legislation that was guaranteed by European law could now be open for revision — «under cover» of Brexit if not directly as part of it.
Labour has passed a
raft of equality legislation since it came to office, but recent surveys have shown gay support for the Tories on the increase.
She concluded her statement by saying «I oppose reserving the 12 places for bishops of the Church of England in the second Chamber because it is not the established Church of the whole UK, because the appointment of bishops does not conform to the
spirit of equality legislation and because it is high time that we separated Church and state.
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