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Assisted dying bill passed in England and Wales despite strong religious opposition

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CHRISTIAN Concern, a UK-based band of hateful religious zealots, just learned a valuable lessons today: the non-existent God they believe in is deaf to prayer.

Ahead of a vote that will finally give people in England and Wales the right to legally die with dignity, Christian Concern said:

We need to pray that God works in the heart of our nation and that our MPs would vote against the bill at third reading.

According to The Guardian, assisted dying is set to become law after a historic vote in parliament, as MPs passed Kim Leadbeater’s bill by 314 to 291 votes, a majority of 23, to legalise the procedure for terminally ill people.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer backed the bill, which will head to the House of Lords, though peers are not expected to block its progress.

It will give those with less than six months to live in England and Wales the right to an assisted death, after approval from two doctors and a panel including a psychiatrist, social worker and senior lawyer.

However, says The Guardian, there will be no provision in place for a number of years. The government and NHS have four years to implement the bill – though Leadbeater has said she hoped it would be ready sooner. There are no answers, as yet, as to whether the NHS would provide the service or private providers, or whether it would be free at the point of use.

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8 responses to “Assisted dying bill passed in England and Wales despite strong religious opposition”

  1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
    malcolmjdodd

    Close, I watched from 0930, I am so pleased that the religious bigots were defeated.

    Now, we can enjoy watching the bishoppricks in the other place, wetting their knickers and soiling their dresses as they watch the bill being passed back to the elected parliamentarians for final approval into law.

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  2. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    We, as a country via the government, are so ready to send our young soldiers to kill and be killed. Yet so super anxious to ensure that the aged and severely disabled are never at risk of dying unless except after the most careful scrutiny and within detailed criteria. We even suspect that their carers, the very people who love them are likely to have them killed because they are an inconvenience.

    It says something about the mindset of so many of those who oppose the bill: often Christians. The fact is that it is often the suffering patient who wants to die and the carers who want to continue to care for them. As was the case with my aged and suffering mother who pleaded to be released from her suffering when over 100.

    Religious belief often warps the mind and leads to the most destructive attitudes and behaviour. All the while under the delusion that humans are God’s specially chosen despite never answering their prayers nor appearing to them. He may even, it seems increasingly likely, allow homo sapiens, i’e’ the human pest to kill millions of each other with nuclear bombs.

    Something just isn’t working and that includes prayers.

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  3. stephenharvie Avatar
    stephenharvie

    Old Leather Face’s prayers still unanswered shock!!

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  4. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    “MPs opposed to assisted dying have criticised “distasteful” claims from the prominent campaigner Esther Rantzen, who argued many are fighting against the changes to the law because of secret religious views.”

    I have just come across the above information and my stomach turns at these contemptible, shifty whining MPs. The religious influence is so obvious from some of the opponents of the bill. But what really sickens, and is so characteristic of the Christian influence is their cruel and pitiless attitude towards a suffering woman who says herself that she will probably not live long enough to benefit from the legislation.

    They couldn’t, bathed in their Christian superstition, let things be but had to put the boot in even on a dying woman. Esther Ranzen is a brave, indeed heroic woman, and will be remembered for her courage under the most difficult conditions. As an example of christianity the cowardly MPs have excelled themselves.

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    1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
      malcolmjdodd

      When each MP spoke against the bill, I checked if they had sworn their oath of loyalty on a book of lies or if they affirmed – apart from James Cleverly (who, in his speech, stated that he is an atheist), the rest used a book of fairy stories.

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  5. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    It is extraordinary that describing oneself as atheist still often gets a surprised, even critical attitude. Meanwhile, this being Sunday, the nonsensical sermons have begun on the BBC.

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    1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
      malcolmjdodd

      It was so refreshing to hear Cleverly being honest, saying “I am not voting against the bill from the view of religion, I am an atheist … “; politicians that are atheist, like Starmer, always use weasel words like “I am not (very, really, particularly) religious” … my father was a toolmaker!

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  6. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    Starmer does tend to be a bit shifty.

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