Prime Minister pledges to stand with homosexuals ‘until the full range of gay rights are achieved’
Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke at a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate LGBT history month on 24 February 2010, saying that the Government had ‘fought together’ with the homosexual community.Prime Minister Gordon Brown spoke at a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate LGBT history month on 24 February 2010, saying that the Government had ‘fought together’ with the homosexual community.
Mr Brown also promised not to give up on the homosexual ‘rights’ campaign.
‘Tonight we reaffirm our commitment, my commitment, the commitment of the Government to standing with you all until the full range of gay rights are achieved,’ he said.
‘When we started as a Government on this journey, people said the dreams that we had together were impossible.’
‘... as long as Harriet (Harman) and I and other ministers are able to work with you, I promise you that nobody ever need walk the road to equality alone,’ he added.
During its term, the Labour Government has introduced a number of legal measures aiming to impose politically acceptable attitudes and drive out any that fall foul of these criteria.
Harriet Harman’s Equality Bill, which is currently going through the parliamentary stages in Westminster, places a duty on public bodies, such as schools and the police, to promote homosexual and transsexual ‘rights’. Last month, the Government failed to pass an amendment in the Bill which would have further restricted the freedom of Churches, after Christian campaigners lobbied Peers to stop it.
In January 2001, the Government reduced the age of consent for homosexual acts invoking the Parliament Acts in order to bypass opposition in the House of Lords. Supporters of the move claimed this would improve sexual health provision for young homosexuals.
In 2003, it abolished Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which prevented local authorities spending public money on the promotion of homosexuality to children in schools. The following attempts to introduce books about homosexual relationships in schools were met with protests from parents.
In 2002, the Government legalised joint adoption by homosexual couples. The legalisation, which came into force in 2005, raised serious concerns among the general public as it in effect put adult’s rights above child’s best interests.
In 2003, the Government introduced new regulations banning sexual orientation discrimination in employment. The regulations created discrimination in other parts of society.
In 2008, the Government’s Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs) outlawed discrimination in the provision of goods and services. The regulations created discrimination against Christians and put religious adoption agencies with an excellent record out of business.
In July 2009, Mr Brown told ‘Gay Pride’ march organisers that his policy on homosexual ‘rights’ is based on the principle that ‘you can’t legislate love’.
In his message to Pride London, Mr Brown described the creation of homosexual civil partnerships as one of a set of ‘massive strides towards equality’ for the homosexual community made under the Labour Government.
‘I'm very proud of all that this Government has achieved on LGBT rights these last 12 years – often in the face of fierce opposition,’ he said.
At the end of June 2009, a homosexual journalist has revealed how two activists conspired with Labour’s Peter Mandelson and Sir Ian McKellen in the 1980s to change public opinion on homosexual ‘rights’.
Former Labour leader Tony Blair had also been accused of taking instructions directly from Stonewall, a UK homosexual lobby group. Sir Ian McKellen, the actor and one of Stonewall’s founders, told an audience of homosexual activists at the Equality Dinner in 2008:
‘I reeled off Stonewall’s demands, and he [Blair] nodded, wrote them down and put a tick by them all. Then he said ‘we will do all that’.’
