Bishops in House of Lords

[Gordon]

On 25 January the Lords rejected Equality Bill amendments on employment rights for gay and transexual people. This bill now gives excessive privileges to religious groups to discriminate against not only gay and lesbian people but against the non-religious and those of other religions. The Lords votes mean that British law may now be in conflict with European legislation, meaning that the most probable effect of the amendments will be expensive and time-consuming litigation to untangle the mess the amendments have created. See BHA report for more details.

This again emphasises the need for a reformed chamber so that Bishops no longer sit as of right in the House of Lords. Support the BHA compaign by emailing your MP about this,