Equality legislation..

Before I start, yet again I apologise for how light the blogging is in the last few days. I am swamped with work, and will be for a couple of weeks.

Anyway, yes, equality legislation. You may have worked out, I have my misgivings about this 'equality' business. Don't get me wrong, I am not suggesting that we should not strive for a more equal society, it is just the way we are going about it that concerns me. Instead of actually moving towards equality, we are just moving the discrimination from women/ethnic minorities to men. I don't see how that is any less evil than where we were originally.

However, I am not the person who makes these decisions, so there we go. In fact, I only bring this up again because of something rather absurd I have read, today. You see, it seems the Government is concerned by royal succession. A perfectly acceptable topic to be concerned about, I am sure you agree. What is amusing me is the tools they are using to alter how succession to the Crown is governed. Currently, the first born male gets the job, even if there is an older female. This situation has existed for centuries, so it is nothing new. I am not saying I agree or disagree with that rule, it is just the way it is.

Step forward this Government. The Solicitor General (a woman, for your information) has decided to rectify this injustice, and change the rules so the first born becomes monarch, regardless of gender. Fine, no big deal. However, how is she going to achieve this? That is right, using a piece of equality legislation.

Is is just me, or does using equality legislation on a role that is populated using the principal of hereditary succession seem a bit silly?