{"id":2407235,"date":"2025-02-26T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-liberal-tv-host-indicates-new-law-can-make-praying-by-your-own-window-illegal\/"},"modified":"2025-02-26T21:04:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T02:04:50","slug":"even-liberal-tv-host-indicates-new-law-can-make-praying-by-your-own-window-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/even-liberal-tv-host-indicates-new-law-can-make-praying-by-your-own-window-illegal\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Liberal TV Host Indicates New Law Can Make Praying by Your Own Window Illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feven-liberal-tv-host-indicates-new-law-can-make-praying-by-your-own-window-illegal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407235&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u200bdiscusses Gillian Mackay, a member\u2064 of\u2062 the \u200bScottish Parliament,\u2063 who \u2062has come under \u2064scrutiny for\u2062 her legislation concerning &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-truss-warns-vance-is-right-on-european-free-speech-comments-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Liz Truss warns ... is \u2018right\u2019 on European free speech comments - Washington Examiner\">safe access zones<\/a>&#8221; around abortion facilities. In \u2062an interview on the BBC\u2019s Scotcast, Mackay was questioned about the\u200b implications of\u200c her bill, particularly whether it coudl criminalize private\u2063 prayer within these zones. Despite being pressed by the host \u200bMartin Geissler, Mackay insisted that the law does not ban prayer, although she acknowledged \u2063it \u200dcould be\u2063 interpreted\u2062 differently depending on context, such as being visible at a \u2063window \u2063while praying.<\/p>\n<p>This conversation was prompted by criticisms from U.S. vice President J.D. Vance, who suggested \u2063that residents\u2062 could face legal \u200drepercussions \u200bfor\u200d praying\u2064 in their own homes within these \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-abortion-clinic-protesters-have-restrictions-eased\/\" title=\"Washington Abortion Clinic Protesters Have Restrictions Eased\">buffer zones<\/a>.Mackay\u200c denied Vance&#8217;s\u2062 claims, maintaining that\u2064 praying itself is not an offence under her legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b article implies a broader \u200dconcern regarding the implications of anti-Christian sentiment in \u2064legislation, arguing that the law could\u2063 inhibit religious \u200bexpression and\u200d highlighting perceived \u2063threats to \u2064Christians in Scotland and beyond. It reflects on Scotland&#8217;s ancient Christian roots and expresses alarm over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">contemporary legislative trends\u2062 perceived<\/a> as antagonistic to religious practices.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gillian Mackay, a member of the Scottish Parliament, refused to admit that residents who pray in their own homes within an abortion facility &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-cites-russia-raid-to-push-biden-for-long-range-strikes-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ukraine cites Russia raid to push Biden for long-range strikes - Washington Examiner\">buffer zone&#038;rdquo<\/a>; could be charged with a crime, despite being pressed by a newsman who seemed to view it that way.<\/p>\n<p>An episode of the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/abortion-buffer-zones-is-prayer-a-crime\/id1789080599?i=1000695574519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC&rsquo;s Scotcast<\/a> released this week discussed the &ldquo;Safe Access Zone Act,&rdquo; which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2024\/10\/section\/4\/enacted\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">authored<\/a> by Mackay to ban &ldquo;influencing the decision of another person to access, provide or facilitate the provision of abortion services&rdquo; within the area of the abortion facility.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance recently drew worldwide attention to the policy, noting during a speech in Germany that &ldquo;the Scottish government began distributing letters to citizens whose houses lay within so-called &lsquo;safe access zones,&rsquo; warning them that even private prayer within their own homes may amount to breaking the law,&rdquo; according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/02\/18\/vance-speech-munich-full-text-read-transcript-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transcript<\/a> of the speech by Foreign Policy.<\/p>\n<p>Mackay, who has denied Vance&rsquo;s claim, was asked by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/70-christians-beheaded-church-media-nowhere-found\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotcast<\/a> host Martin Geissler whether the bill indeed bans private prayer in one&rsquo;s own home.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re inside your own house in that zone, theoretically the law could be applied to you, couldn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo; Geissler asked.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I should be really clear: Praying in and of itself is not an offense under this bill,&rdquo; Mackay answered. &ldquo;We are not banning prayer under the act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Geissler asked about a situation in which someone is &ldquo;standing at a window, with your hands together in front of your face, in that classic image of prayer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re standing at a window so people can see you, then could it be interpreted as an offense?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;&#128591;NEW: When asked if PRAYING BY WINDOW in your home could be a crime under the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/clarence-thomas-urges-supreme-court-to-revisit-abortion-clinic-free-speech-limits\/\" title=\"Clarence Thomas urges Supreme Court to revisit abortion clinic free speech limits\">buffer zones&#038;rdquo<\/a>; law, Gillian Mackay MSP claims:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That depends on who&rsquo;s passing the window&rdquo;&#8252;&#65039;&#129695;<\/p>\n<p>The same politician has repeatedly claimed that JD Vance was LYING &#128071; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/11vCCaWFtg\">pic.twitter.com\/11vCCaWFtg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lois McLatchie Miller (@LoisMcLatch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LoisMcLatch\/status\/1894434155439563128?\">February 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  &ldquo;That then depends on who&rsquo;s passing the window,&rdquo; she answered.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So he&rsquo;s not wrong, is he?&rdquo; Geissler pressed, referring to Vance&rsquo;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, he is wrong, because I don&rsquo;t know anyone that can pray loudly or performatively to be seen from outside their own house,&rdquo; Mackay insisted.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s strange that Mackay would go to such lengths to defend her legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Mackay has already passed a bill threatening Christians with imminent criminal penalties if they simply ask <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-launches-first-kind-task-force-protect-christianity-leaves-trump-hating-lib-christians-hard-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">God<\/a> to save the lives of their pre-born neighbors, or if they plead with the parents of those children to have mercy.<\/p>\n<p>How much worse is actually banning prayer in private residences at that point?<\/p>\n<p>If some Green Party member in Scotland can take up the mantle of thought police and ban public prayer, why would she pretend to have a problem with private prayer?<\/p>\n<p>Scotland, the rest of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-black-pro-israel-priest-canceled-church-trolling-lefties-elon-salute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">United Kingdom<\/a>, the rest of Europe, and even the rest of the entire Western world are in deep trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Though the cancer of anti-Christian leftism, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-dares-tell-truth-abortion-will-politicians-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">child sacrifice<\/a> as its chief blood sacrament, has progressed the most in places like Scotland, the disease has metastasized to one level or another among all the Western nations that once claimed the name of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland was once home to Christian heroes like John Knox, Thomas Chalmers, and David Livingstone. Now the country&rsquo;s own Parliament has forbidden prayer.<\/p>\n<p>No nation is immune from this spiritual onslaught.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/persecuted-pastor-wife-finally-gain-freedom-indian-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christians<\/a> have no choice but to beat back the cancer of demonic leftism by confronting that false religion and all of its manifestations with the unabashed truth of God, whether our lawmakers give us permission or not.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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A recent episode of BBC\u2019s Scotcast addressed the &#8220;Safe Access Zone Act,&#8221; which Mackay authored to prohibit influencing others regarding abortion services in these zones. Vice President J.D. Vance highlighted this policy during a speech in Germany, claiming the Scottish government warned citizens that private prayer at home might violate the law. When asked by Scotcast host Martin Geissler if the bill bans private prayer at home, Mackay stated that praying itself is not an offense under the act. However, when discussing someone praying visibly at a window, she suggested it could be interpreted as an offense depending on who sees it. 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