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| Efforts stepped up to end bigotry | Efforts stepped up to end bigotry |
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| Ministers are to publish new plans to tackle sectarianism in Scotland, particularly in football. | Ministers are to publish new plans to tackle sectarianism in Scotland, particularly in football. |
| A summit meeting in Glasgow will hear how new laws have already helped crack down on religious bigotry. | A summit meeting in Glasgow will hear how new laws have already helped crack down on religious bigotry. |
| The Scottish Executive wants to build on this to create a culture where sectarianism is unacceptable. | The Scottish Executive wants to build on this to create a culture where sectarianism is unacceptable. |
| The meeting reconvenes the summit held two years ago at which First Minister Jack McConnell described sectarianism as Scotland's "secret shame". | The meeting reconvenes the summit held two years ago at which First Minister Jack McConnell described sectarianism as Scotland's "secret shame". |
| Representatives of Rangers and Celtic football clubs will discuss the issues with the first minister, Cardinal Keith O'Brien and the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. | |
| Progress so far includes new anti-bigotry laws giving courts new sentencing powers, including the ability to ban offenders from football grounds. | Progress so far includes new anti-bigotry laws giving courts new sentencing powers, including the ability to ban offenders from football grounds. |
| But Mr McConnell believes more must be done. | But Mr McConnell believes more must be done. |
| He wants to create a new culture rather than curbing the existing one. | He wants to create a new culture rather than curbing the existing one. |
| In particular, he will publish a new strategy for tackling sectarianism in football. | In particular, he will publish a new strategy for tackling sectarianism in football. |
| Mr McConnell could find himself at odds with Cardinal O'Brien, who last month said concentrating on football ignored one of the underlying causes of bigotry which he said was "blatant anti-Catholicism". |