The Scottish Christian Party believes the country needs a distinctly Christian Voice in the Scottish Parliament and, by God’s grace, it is possible to do so.
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1. Affordable Local Family Housing
The Scottish Christian Party believes that Scotland’s housing policy
should
support the sustaining of local communities built around the family unit.
The dispersal of the extended family, owing to the lack of housing near to
parents and siblings, is of major concern as it weakens traditional family
support systems, particularly in the care of the elderly. The Scottish
Christian Party will seek a year on year increase in the supply of
affordable housing (and crofting land where appropriate) earmarked for
members of local families. However, through our other polices, we will try
to reduce the demand for new homes to the extent that demand is driven
by family breakdown.
2. Housing Asylum Seekers
Political correctness has made the issue of asylum seekers a subject that
no one dares mention, lest they be branded racist or worse. The Bible is
clear as to our responsibility to love and to care for the “alien in
the land”
and to “love of our neighbour as ourselves”. These principles
guide the
Scottish Christian Party’s policy on housing asylum seekers. We also
recognise that the handling of asylum seekers is seriously in need of
improvement. The current situation is bad for the majority of asylum
seekers, who are marginalised and alienated, and bad for the host
community who see money and resources assigned and wasted in ways
that are patently not fair or right. We further recognise that the majority
of asylum seekers are single people (mostly men). The Scottish Christian
Party proposes that local authorities adopt the practice of ‘Asylum
Seeker
Hosting’ that has been successfully pioneered by the charity Praxis
in the
East End of London.
3. Housing Stock Transfer & Public Assets
We would seek to create a public sector housing model that retains the
accountability of local government and its low cost of capital along with
greater involvement of tenants in the running of services. This can be
through a “housing partnership” where the tenants have voted for
such,
or otherwise through the local authority. We would seek to ensure that
decisions about land owned by public bodies, or in the ownership of
charities who receive government assistance, are transparent and are
taken in the best interests of Scottish society as a whole, through the
planning process. We would reinstate genuine 'local connections' as a
basis for housing allocation.
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• Christian Constitution of Scotland: The Scottish Christian Party highlights the irresponsible failure of the SNP to say what will happen to the Christian Constitution of Scotland if the Treaty of Union 1707 is broken.
The Scottish public deserves to know this before an Election in which the pundits think the SNP may form the next administration; but the SNP has not addressed the question publicly far less provided any answers.
• Education: To give real choice we will campaign for an Educational Voucher Scheme, sex education on a parental opt-in basis, a daily act of Christian worship with Bible reading, and no obligation to promote other faiths.
Creationism and Intelligent Design will be considered alongside Evolution in science classes.
• Economic Development: Less reliance on fossil fuels, with increased emphasis on self-sustainability. Investment in new nuclear
plants must be matched by investment in research and development for nuclear waste solutions.
Explore the potential of water export, and effective extraction of North Sea oil with infrastructure designed to be adapted afterwards for marine renewable projects.
• Housing: Affordable housing earmarked as Local Family Housing.
• Gambling: Opposition to super casinos.
• Elected Police & Fire chiefs: The role of the Police and Fire Service does not involve marching in uniform, or handing out leaflets, at Gay parades. We believe they should be maintaining law and order impartially, and fighting fires. Electing chiefs will ensure accountability.
• Freedom of conscience, of speech and of public preaching: We will address the imbalance in law concerning giving and taking offence, and the oppressive emphasis in diversity training.
• Drugs: Zero tolerance on illegal drugs.
