By Daily Record
YESTERDAY should have been a good day for Scotland.
Old Firm legends Billy McNeill and Richard Gough lined up with Alex Salmond to launch the Kick Out Bigotry campaign.
It was a sign that Scotland was growing up and would have no truck with the dinosaurs who cling to sectarian views.
And then, on national radio, up stepped Dr Jeanette Findlay, chairwoman of the Celtic Trust and economics lecturer at Glasgow University.
She proceeded to tell Five Live's Nicky Campbell that it was acceptable for Celtic fans to sing pro-IRA songs.
A nation listened aghast.
Findlay was roundly condemned by Celtic Football Club and their fans, as well as Salmond who branded her views "repugnant".
But not before the damage was done.
At least her outburst shows why campaigns like Kick Out Bigotry are important.
If articulate, supposedly intelligent, women like Findlay can spout nonsense like this, we still have a long way to go.
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