That's fair enough.
The Evangelical Fellowship, you have made a very strong case for keeping section 176. I'm going to argue the other side. Elsewhere in the criminal law we have provisions for assault and all kinds of things. Where motivation by hatred or religious bigotry and so forth are aggravating conditions, the penalties for them are potentially much more severe than are offered by this provision.
Would you not suggest that this might be a legitimate alternative to this provision?