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. Reverse Centralisation
The Scottish Christian Party is concerned at the ongoing breakdown of
local communities and the weakening of local government through
centralist policies in Edinburgh, Westminster and Brussels. Individuals,
families and communities should be encouraged to manage their own
lives as much as possible, with collective arrangements being made at the
most local level possible.
2. Freedom of Conscience
The Scottish Christian Party will seek to reverse the anti-Christian
discrimination that permeates much of public life and enshrine in Scottish
law the right to “freedom of conscience” for employees in relation
to noncore
duties and extra-curricular activities, particularly those working for
statutory authorities and the BBC. In the event of dispute, the onus
should be on the employer to demonstrate to an employment tribunal
that the requested action is part of a core duty.
3. Control of Schools
The Scottish Christian Party opposes any plans to take responsibility for
state schools away from local government in favour of large guanos. We
would favour more issues of curriculum, discipline and policy being
devolved from Edinburgh to local authorities.
4. Voting System
The Scottish Christian Party will resist plans to change the current system
of voting for Scottish Parliament elections to the Single Transferable Vote
(STV) system, and will seek to have the Additional Members System
(AMS) adopted for local authority elections.
5. Diversity Training
The Scottish Christian Party will seek to ensure that all diversity training
sponsored by local authorities should include the biblical Christian
perspective on faith, morality, marriage, sexuality, etc. Currently,
diversity training promotes the homosexual lobby’s idea that mere
toleration of homosexuality is condescending, and that nothing less than
wholesale acceptance or approval of an alternative lifestyle is acceptable.
However, true tolerance only begins where agreement ends. Diversity
training ought to be about learning to live peaceably and tolerantly with
people with diverse lifestyles and world views; and not allowing one’s
offence at other people’s world views to break forth in verbal or violent
assaults, far less intimidating them with legal sanctions. We must
“overcome evil with good” (Romans 12:21), “not rendering
evil for evil,
but blessing” (1Peter 3:9). When Christ was reviled, “He reviled
not
again, when He suffered, He threatened not, but committed Himself to
Him that judges righteously.” (1Peter 2:23). This is Christian tolerance.
6. Holyrood MSPs
The Scottish Christian Party will seek to close the loophole that allows
MSPs, that have been elected to a seat in the Scottish Parliament from a
party’s regional list, to retain that seat after they have left their
party.
We believe the party should be allowed to replace such a person with an
MSP from their official list.
7. Council Tax
Subject to realistic costings the Scottish Christian Party would support the
replacement of the Council Tax with a fairer revenue raising system to
provide for local services and infrastructure. On the same basis The
Scottish Christian Party would also support the further reduction and even
abolition of Council Tax for pensioners.
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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.
