Show Brunei way

I imagine that few British citizens, whether religious or not, would support Brunei’s new laws that make adultery, and sex between men, punishable by stoning to death.

Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah’s concern to appear more “Islamic” has brought international condemnation and a campaign to boycott his hotels.

However, in Scotland we still have a blasphemy law, religious groups and schools still enjoy exemptions from equality legislation, and churches are entitled both to set up in the marriage business and choose which couples they are prepared to marry.

How to show solidarity with the people of Brunei? Dealing with the thin end of the wedge in our own backyard might be a start.

NEIL BARBER

Edinburgh Secular Society

Saughtonhall Drive