WTH? New Law In Scotland Makes It Illegal To Pray Too Loudly Or In Front Of A Window In Your House…

Posted • February 27, 2025: WTH? New Law In Scotland Will Make It Against The Law To Pray Too Loudly Or In Front Of A Window In Your House Because It May Offend Someone (Muslim) — Praying at home could be a crime “depending on who’s passing the window”, according to the architect of a controversial law in Scotland. Gillian Mackay, the Green Party MSP, said “performative” prayer within 200 meters (220 yards) of abortion clinics could theoretically fall foul of new legislation, even if it was within someone’s home. While a law designed to restrict pro-life protest groups assembling outside abortion clinics passed almost unanimously at Holyrood last year, it has come under scrutiny after it was criticized by Vice-President JD Vance. Vice-President Vance suggested at the Munich Security Conference this month that the law was an example of an erosion of free speech across Europe, claiming residents in buffer zones had been warned that “even private prayer within their own homes” may amount to breaking the law.