[CarrotAndStick]

Actually he was referring to the said person's claim that he's Indian, while at the same time showing allegiance to the Portuguese flag.

Reminds me of the illegals' Mexican-flag waving antics.

As for banning conversions, it is not exactly what the bill(not yet law) states. It bans conversions by coercion and incitement. It is powerless against individual conversions.

Israel enacted similar laws way back in 1977.

[Calabash]

Actually he was referring to the said person's claim that he's Indian, while at the same time showing allegiance to the Portuguese flag.

Well, he's from Goa, and India stole Goa by force from Portugal. Why shouldn't he have an allegiance of sympathy to Portugal?

As for banning conversions, it is not exactly what the bill(not yet law) states. It bans conversions by coercion and incitement.

Which is what? Any conversion that the Hindu authorities deem coercive and by incitement? Obviously, given the state of Christianity in a land of persecution, people aren't being "coerced" into joing a religion which will only bring them negative social consequences. Please, tell me of all the forced Baptisms, and people dragged away at night to be made into Christians that this law would be attempting to stop. That is coercion.

[dangus]

It bans conversion by "coersion and incitement?"

INCITEMENT to CONVERT?

You make that sound like incitement to riot.