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The Scottish Christian Party is a minor Christian Right political organisation in Scotland and a sister organisation to the group Operation Christian Vote [1] which has fought elections in England and Scotland, including at the 2005 UK general election. It is headed by The Reverend James George Hargreaves, who claims he is one of the first Afro-Caribbean leaders of a British political party.

The SCP, in common with the Christian Vote party from which they come, aims to fill a void they say exists in the current political spectrum for the Christian Right in the UK. They are pro-life, have opposed moves towards legislation in favour of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and hold a sceptical view on Europe. Rev George Hargreaves was the party's candidate in the Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, 2006, where he received 411 votes.

James George Hargreaves, whilst a DJ at the time in London who shared a flat with his gay song-writing partner, also wrote the gay anthem "So Macho" which was a hit in gay clubs in the UK in 1986.[2] According to the Times Online, Rev Hargreaves, after having made millions from his success on the gay club scene, is now having to deny accusations of double standards as he uses his fortune to fund a campaign berating homosexuals.

The SCP claims to use the talents of Christians in different callings to bring the grace of the Gospel to bear upon the religious, spiritual, moral and social problems in society.

Their policies [3] include the following:

• legislation to ban abortion
• increased taxation on alcohol and tobacco
• initiatives to bring personal responsibility to bear upon self-inflicted disease (such as alcoholism)
• Zero Tolerance on drug possession
• curfews for the under 11 year olds, with mandatory intervention of child protection agencies in relation to any child 10 years or younger that is found unaccompanied on the street after 9:00pm
• return to use of corporal punishment in schools
• greater observance of a weekly day of rest (Sunday)
• seek limits around coastlines to preserve stocks of fish and sand eels
• promotion in school of chastity before marriage
• re-instatement of Section 2A (also known as Section 28), thus calling for the end of the promotion and "the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship."
• re-introduce corporate readings from the Bible in all Scottish state schools
• science curriculum should reflect the evidence of creation/design in the universe
• will publicise the catastrophic effect of ungodly behaviour on the life expectancy and health of people, whom God loves and we should love; particularly homosexuality, excessive drinking and the use of addictive substances
• restore the right for parents to smack their children
• Mind Pollution Levy on 18 Certificate Films, DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Top Shelf magazines
• seek to re-establish the principle of the innocent party in a divorce being acknowledged in any divorce settlement
• oppose the practice of altering birth certificates to reflect gender re-orientation surgery
• provision of Christian religious education should be mandatory
• promote biblical alternatives to the current criminal justice system

• Politics of Scotland

• Official Highlands and Islands website
• Official website
• Scottish Christian Party Manifesto