{"id":32895,"date":"2024-01-22T07:50:47","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T07:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=32895"},"modified":"2024-01-22T07:51:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T07:51:09","slug":"buffer-zone-consultation-how-to-respond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/buffer-zone-consultation-how-to-respond\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffer Zone Consultation: How to respond."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The author preaching outside British Pregnancy Advisory Services (BPAS) abortion facility in Twickenham on 7th February 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Parliament has installed \u2018buffer zones\u2019 or \u2018censorship zones\u2019 around every facility, private and NHS, carrying out abortions in England and Wales.<\/p>\n

Below are this writer\u2019s responses to the questions in the Government consultation. Your answer must be in today, Monday 22nd January 2024. There are only two pages with the bulk on page one. The questions begin straightforwardly and then go in pairs and threes. Either follow this advice or form your own answers.<\/p>\n

Be aware it is always possible that they will ignore responses which are identical or appear to be \u2018co-ordinated\u2019. They have done so before. Obviously we shall object if they do so. But it is still important to respond in one way or another<\/u>!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t not respond because you think they might ignore your answer! Firstly, you don\u2019t know they will. Secondly, remember, your response in opposition, of whatever kind, will be noted in heaven and is changing the spiritual dynamic<\/u>. Above all, make clear your opposition to the whole idea of no-go areas for scripture and the Gospel.<\/p>\n

Read ‘The Guidance’ \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

Respond to the Consultation \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

The writer\u2019s responses<\/h2>\n

1 No: Guidance does not make clear that consensual discussions remain legal. Nor does it make clear that abortion places do not want to give information about abortion and that pro-life witness is only place such information will be found. Law should not protect one side of the abortion debate, ie, the abortion providers, against those who oppose abortion on humanitarian or religious grounds. Furthermore, there can be nowhere in the United Kingdom where it is an offence to read from the Bible or preach the law of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ<\/p>\n

2 No: It should not be an offence peacefully to offer an alternative to abortion to those attending, nor to witness against abortion at a place carrying out abortions to passers-by. That is an infringement on expression of religion, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. Would standing quietly with a placard displaying a Bible verse, as Stephen Green did out the Marie Stopes facility in Mattock Lane Ealing on 6th February 2023, be prohibited, and if so, why?<\/p>\n

3 No. Not everyone knows which hospitals in England and Wales carry out abortions. It will not be clear where the boundaries are. But there can be no place in England and Wales where prayer may not be made or scripture displayed or information given out or the word of God proclaimed.<\/p>\n

4 No. Same as 3 above.<\/p>\n

5 No. Advice should be offered to everyone without having to find out whether they are at a hospital for an abortion, or if they are attending a private abortion centre or merely a passer-by. It must remain lawful for anyone to exercise their right of protest outside such a facility.<\/p>\n

6 No. Same as 5 above.<\/p>\n

7. No. The guidance states that police should not approach someone for simply wearing a religious item such as a cross. This note should also reference carrying a Bible, wearing clothes that contain Bible quotes or express religious faith or carrying signage quoting the Bible.
\nThe guidance should expand on the right to manifest their beliefs under the European Convention on Human Rights. The guidance should also recognise and accept God-given freedoms and Biblical instructions to express the Christian faith. Restrictions of that freedom must be shown to be necessary and proportionate. Police should be advised explicitly that peaceful pro-life groups, whose actions cannot reasonably construed as harassment, should not be interfered with.<\/p>\n

8 No. Same as 7 above.
\n9 No. Same as 7 above.<\/p>\n

10. No. Same as 7 above.<\/p>\n

11. No. The erection of signage is a waste of money which could be spent on genuine hospital treatments.<\/p>\n

12. No. Same as 11 above.<\/p>\n

13. It should not be an offence to carry out the instructions of the Bible and oppose evil or preach the law of God and the Gospel of Jesus Christ upon which this nation was founded and which is part of our Christian constitution anywhere in the United Kingdom. The National Director and Members of Christian Voice will challenge this infringement on God-given and Christ-mandated liberty with disobedience.<\/p>\n

Page Two<\/h2>\n

On the next page, page 2, put your name and mention Christian Voice if you wish.
\nTick either ‘pro-life activist’ and\/or ‘member of the public’.<\/p>\n

Date and Click ‘Finish Survey’.<\/p>\n

Pray for those in authority:<\/p>\n

1Tim 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.<\/p>\n

Buffer Zone trial 19th January 2024 \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n

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