Homophobe Equalities Minister

[Wildcat]

The above comment is adding nothing to the discussion.

 

 

 

Section 28 (1)(a) = (1)A local authority shall not—

(a)intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality;

 

Section 28 (1)(a) is the banning of the promotion of homosexuality by local authorities.

 

It has now been repealed. Homosexuality can be promoted in schools. Equality

 

Good.

 

There is indeed now equality, homoexuality can be promoted the same as heterosexuality is.

 

The issue is that the new Equality Minister opposed that equality.

[SimpyTimpy]

Good.

 

There is indeed now equality, homoexuality can be promoted the same as heterosexuality is.

 

The issue is that the new Equality Minister opposed that equality.

 

Homosexuality shouldn't be promoted or encouraged in schools, doing so isn't equality.

 

Equality is saying that; if you are gay and come out, then people will support and respect your decision.

 

Actively telling people in schools that being gay is a 'right' as being straight, in my humble opinion, is immoral.

 

However, like above, if someone comes out they shouldn't be discriminated against.

[Wildcat]

Homosexuality shouldn't be promoted or encouraged in schools, doing so isn't equality.

 

Equality is saying that; if you are gay and come out, then people will support and respect your decision.

 

Actively telling people in schools that being gay is a 'right' as being straight, in my humble opinion, is immoral.

 

However, like above, if someone comes out they shouldn't be discriminated against.

 

 

Your two sentences contradict one another. Clearly treating people who are gay and heterosexual equally is equality. If you find that immoral then that is your problem, it doesn't however change the meaning of the word equality.

 

This is what section 28 proscribed:

 

“2AProhibition on promoting homosexuality by teaching or by publishing material

(1)A local authority shall not—

(a)intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality;

(b)promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship.

 

Do you not find the wording of that clause simply offensive? Why is a homosexual family a pretend family relationship?

 

It is not a pretend relationship at all! It is just as real as any other relationship.

 

Why is promoting the acceptability of what someone else does so offensive to people? The alternative is either say nothing or as the insertion of pretend and the fact that this exclusion only applies to homosexual relationships makes explicit this was homphobic legislation intended to legitimise negative views about peoples' biological and parental circumstances that are outside their control. Nothing to do with equality and everything to do with justifying discrimination.

[f0rd]

Same sex parentage is not 'normal' and the fact that same sex relationships cannot spawn their own offspring backs that argument, it's not natural nor should it be encouraged, we will be needing a bloody Minister for Children of Same Sex couples next....jeeez !

 

I guess you would deny a starving mans hunger as unhealthy too.

[mj.scuba]

tbh this just looks like a left wing smear, just as people of a more right wing view are labelled racist by the left on issues such as immigration. Tereasa May might take a particular view on certain issues, politicians should be able to vote according to the views of their own constituents they are there to represent without fear of being accused of any sort of phobia or alterior motive.

[slimsid2000]

If we had true equality then no man would be without a girlfriend. That is more important than so called gay rights.

[harvey19]

How did society ever manage before we had the labels homophobic, sexist

and racist to use as insults ?

[slimsid2000]

How did society ever manage before we had the labels homophobic, sexist

and racist to use as insults ?

 

We were able to laugh at Bernard Manning sometimes.

[Michael_W]

I guess you would deny a starving mans hunger as unhealthy too.

 

What a strange post, do you have anything useful to say ?

Just for your information t0rd, I think same sex couples having children is not 'normal', what that has to do with denying starving people food, I really think you have lost all perspective of the issue....you really must try harder next time

[plekhanov]

In the name of equlity, Section 28 (1)(a) should be reinstated.

 

Section 28

How do you figure that?

 

Is it illegal to:

 

(a)intentionally promote heterosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting heterosexuality

(b)promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of heterosexuality as a pretended family relationship.

 

In schools?

 

It's not is it, then on possible "equality" grounds do you claim that homosexuality specifically should be singled out in the way you demand?