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| | Thursday 28 February 2013 |
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| | Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
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| | [SEVENTH AND EIGHTH SITTINGS]
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 9, after ‘compelled’, insert ‘by a couple who wish to be |
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| | Clause 2, page 2, line 22, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘(3A) | No person shall be subject to discrimination or other unfavourable action in the |
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| | | course of employment or in the provision of goods or services for stating or |
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| | | teaching that a same sex marriage is not morally equivalent to a marriage between |
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| | | (3B) | Where a person alleges in any proceedings that there has been discrimination or |
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| | | other unfavourable action against him for reasons which include that he has stated |
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| | | or taught that a same sex marriage is not morally equivalent to a marriage between |
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| | | a man and a woman, it shall be for the person against whom those proceedings |
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| | | are brought to prove that the reasons for the action constituting the alleged |
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| | | discrimination or other unfavourable treatment did not include those statements |
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| | | or teaching regarding same sex marriage. |
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| | | (3C) | The reference in subsection (3A) above to discrimination or other unfavourable |
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| | | action in the course of employment or in the provision of goods or service |
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| | | (a) | discriminating by not concluding a contract of employment with the |
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| | | person stating or teaching that a same sex marriage is not morally |
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| | | equivalent to a marriage between a man and a woman, |
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| | | (b) | discriminating by not concluding a contract for the provision of goods or |
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| | | services with the person stating or teaching that a same sex marriage is |
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| | | not morally equivalent to a marriage between a man and a woman, |
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| | | (c) | not offering a benefit, whether financial or not, to the person stating or |
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| | | teaching that a same sex marriage is not morally equivalent to a marriage |
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| | | between a man and a woman that is or would be offered to a person |
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| | | stating or teaching that a same sex marriage is morally equivalent to a |
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| | | marriage between a man and a woman.’. |
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| | Clause 2, page 3, line 16, at end insert— |
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| | | ‘“compelled” includes, but is not limited to, the following activities: |
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| | | (a) | the imposition of any penalties (whether civil or criminal), |
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| | | (b) | the less favourable treatment of a person by a public authority, |
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| | | (c) | the intitiation of any legal action by way of a review, |
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| | | in each case as a result of the exercise by a relevant governing or relevant |
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| | | religious organisation of functions relating to giving any consent or to |
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| | | refusing to give any consent provided for in sections 2, 4, 5, or 7 of this |
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| | Clause 2, page 3, line 21, leave out subsection (b). |
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| | [Adjourned until Tuesday 5 March at 8.55 am |
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