{"id":9435,"date":"2019-07-19T15:42:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-19T22:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9435"},"modified":"2019-09-09T15:46:37","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T22:46:37","slug":"bishop-calls-on-scotlands-first-minister-to-affirm-conscience-rights-of-party-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=9435","title":{"rendered":"Bishop calls on Scotland\u2019s first minister to affirm conscience rights of party members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Crux<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"author\">Charles Collins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n        LEICESTER, United Kingdom &#8211; A Catholic bishop in Scotland is urging the country\u2019s political leadership to affirm freedom of conscience, \u201cand hold in high regard those in public life who remain true to their conscience, even at the expense of personal popularity or political advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>         Bishop Hugh Gilbert, the president of the Bishops\u2019 Conference of Scotland, made his comments in a letter to Scotland\u2019s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. . . 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