E-Petition for First Amendment Style Freedom of Speech

After recently discussing the virtues of the US First Amendment and the need to enact similar legislation in the UK, I wish to publicise the following petition:

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/free-speech-act/

Spanish photographer, Emilio Morenatti, is currently exhibiting photos at the first International Festival for the Freedom of Expression in Cadiz that show the horrifying realities lived by women in Pakistan, all of whom were sprayed in the face with acid; one by her husband, another by a group of men in order to settle a dispute, another by her cousin four days after she married someone else and another whose attackers were aided by her teacher:

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/04/30/lafotodelasemana/1241071105.html

Such photographs must serve to remind Europe that its freedom of expression must not be eroded by political correctness or the lobbying of religious minorities. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Somali-born Dutch politician, observes that the history of women's liberation in Europe, which has included the legalisation of abortion and the penalisation of rape in marriage, is at risk of being reversed by an increasing number of European elites that believe it is better to respect the cultures and religions of minorities rather than uphold the values of our legal system for all inhabitants. This belief has led to women's shelters employing mediators from the Islamic community that effectively return women to obeying their husbands and to all the other circumstances of abuse from which they were trying to escape, rather than teaching them to become self-reliant.

Democracy and theocracy cannot coexist, and for this reason there must never be a dual legal system whereby religious minorities can claim exemption from the mainstream laws governing the majority that defend and uphold civil liberties.