A ComRes poll of 1,000 Welsh adults
released
in mid-July showed
that
three
quarters oppose making smacking a criminal offence.
The poll, commissioned by The Christian
Institute, also found that eight in ten say
parents, not
the
state,
should be
left
to
decide on smacking.
Street preacher victory
Christian Concern (CC)
Only a week after Mike Overd and Michael
Stockwell’s public order convictions were
overturned at Bristol Crown Court, another
street preacher was acquitted of a public
order offence charge in July.
Andrew
Frost
was
acquitted
at
Nottingham Magistrates’ Court. Christian
Legal Centre’s Andrea Williams described
the result as a ‘fantastic victory for freedom
of speech and the freedom to share the life-giving news of the gospel’.
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