DUP politician calls for ‘reasonable accommodation’ for religious believers
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A DUP Assembly member has called for a “reasonable accommodation” between the rights of people not to be discriminated against and the right to freedom of conscience of religious believers.
Paul Givan, the DUP chairman of the Northern Assembly’s justice committee urged such a compromise when launching at Parliament Buildings, Stormont for public consultation his Freedom of Conscience Amendment Bill.