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posted on 24/5/2020 14:0532 years ago today - Clause 28 was brought in - Gramsci.
After Thatcher spoke of her abhorration that people had been "taught of their inalienable right to be gay".
Tory MP Peter Bruinvels*: "I do not agree with homosexuality. I think that Clause 28 will help outlaw it and the rest will be done by AIDS, with a substantial number of homosexuals dying of AIDS. I think that's probably the best way."
Dark days.
Labour repealed it in 2000.
* in 2017 Bruinvels was awarded the Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England "for sustained and outstanding work in support of the Church of England".
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
It stopped the "promotion" of homosexuality by local authorities and in Britain's schools, the clause meant in practice that teachers were prohibited from discussing even the possibility of same-sex relationships with students.
Tory MP Peter Bruinvels*: "I do not agree with homosexuality. I think that Clause 28 will help outlaw it and the rest will be done by AIDS, with a substantial number of homosexuals dying of AIDS. I think that's probably the best way."
Dark days.
Labour repealed it in 2000.
* in 2017 Bruinvels was awarded the Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England "for sustained and outstanding work in support of the Church of England".
- “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell -
- 32 years ago today - Clause 28 was brought in - Gramsci. 24/5 14:05 (read 2203 times, 2 posts in thread)
- oh, and when Labour repealed it - Gramsci. 24/5 14:11 (read 1883 times)