Anti-Sectarian Legislation

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In the article Criminalizing Songs and Symbols in Scottish Football: How Anti-Sectarian Legislation has created a New ‘Sectarian’ Divide in Scotland Stuart Waiton is looking at the impact that proposed legislation that would criminalize football fans’ songs and chants has had on the Glasgow Celtic and Glasgow Rangers supporters. I think he was so successful with explaining and exploring his research question was because of his familiarity with the game and with the supporters. I the reason he was able to gather such good data was because he was on the side of the supporters, he opposed the legislation, “this paper has developed out of the authors involvement in a campaign to oppose a piece of legislation in Scotland, the Offensive Behavior