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It could see gender, age, subcultures such as goths and sexual fetishists, and asexual people added to the list of protected characteristics covered by the law.
The commission s chairman Lord Justice Green acknowledged concerns that their proposed plan to include comments made in private homes could result in people being prosecuted for the mere giving of offence .
In England and Wales, speech stirring up hatred is only a potential offence when said in public, or in a private place where it can be listened to from outside.
Dinner table conversation will not lead to a police probe and a potential prison sentence, law chiefs say
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