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From CitizeGo:
Stonewall have produced an 18 page election manifesto which they are asking candidates to make a public pledge of support for. While it is not unusual for lobby groups to produce election literature, the sheer scale and depth of Stonewall's maifesto demonstrates the extent to which they wish to influence government policy and public life. Other lobby groups, such as for example, the World Wildlife Fund and the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Royal College of General Practiioners have kept their manifestos to 1-2 pages.
Stonewall is already influencing policy in every area of public life and has managed to achieve institutional capture of many of our public bodies such as the police force and education authorities, where they are pushing an agenda which seeks to trample all over the existing rights and freedoms. Their manifesto seeks to embed these more deeply. We can already see the effect that they are having in schools, universities, local police forces and local authorities across teh country.
Candidates in this general election need to be challenged to uphold the fundamental freedoms we all enjoy, which enable social life to be lived decently. This is why we are asking canddiates to explicitly reject the Stonewall manifesto and instead pledge to support the following 5 principles:
1. Say no to Reform of the Gender Recognition Act
2. To keep single-sex prison facilities, rape shelters, lavatories, changing facilities, sports categories and sports facilities
3. To uphold fundamental freedoms of conscience and freedoms of expression
4. To protect parental rights, young children and vulnerable adolescents
5. To uphold the impartiality of our public bodies, many of whom seem to be have been unduly influenced by Stonewall's ideology
Pledge to reject Stonewall's election manifesto HERE
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