Contents:
- MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
- A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
- CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
MANY BRONS HAVE CHANGED THEIR MDS ON GAY MARRIAGE
The rultg aln ernment ially said would reta a ban on gay marriage. As of 2020, the most recent year for which there is data, more than 42, 000 gay upl England and Wal had tied the knot. ) Pollg June found that more than three-quarters of Brons now support gay marriage, up om jt over half 2012.
It end Sectn 28, which prevented schools and lol thori om “promotg homosexualy” and troduced civil partnerships.
“I don’t support gay marriage spe beg a Conservative.
A TIMELE OF GAY RIGHTS THE UK
Gay marriag beme not an abstract threat but somethg unrtaken by iends, lleagu, neighbours. Almost half of Brons now say they know a married gay change reveals some eper shifts. Gordon Brown, Mr Cameron’s precsor, opposed gay marriage office bee was “timately bound up wh qutns of relig eedom”.
Though Bra was not the first to legalise , 19 other untri have sce given gay marriage their blsg. But has led to a of eccliastil disrd as liberal members of the church argue for the right to perform or partake gay marriag.
A group of mps led by Ben Bradshaw, a gay Anglin, is lookg at ways to amend the legislatn to allow willg prits and parish to take part, which they argue uld also help boost dwdlg numbers the aisl. ■For more expert analysis of the biggt stori Bra, sign up to Blighty, our weekly subscriber-only article appeared the Bra sectn of the prt edn unr the headle "The ti that bd"Bra July 15th 2023The Conservative Party fac a muty MetrolandMany Brons have changed their mds on gay marriageBrish pensn funds agree to vt more private marketsBra’s doctors are on strike, agaWhy the Orkney Islands are nsirg jog NorwayThe strange succs of the Tori’ schools policyFrom the July 15th 2023 ednDisver stori om this sectn and more the list of ntents Explore the edn.
CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
The act, which crimalised homosexual sex acts between nsentg men over the age of 21, opened the door to a slew of legal and social chang which would transform the way Brish society viewed same-sex relatnships over the next 50 are some of the key dat the history of gay rights the UK:1533: The Buggery Act, the first ever law to specifilly outlaw anal sex, was signed to English law. 1835: Jam Pratt and John Smh beme the last men Bra to be executed for homosexual acts. The same year Wilblood was the only openly gay man to ttify before Lord Wolfenn's quiry, which would ultimately remend the crimalisatn of homosexualy.
1957: The Wolfenn mtee published s report, based on three years of ttimony om police, psychiatrists and gay men but one of the mtee's 15 members, drawn om the world of polics, law, medice and amia, agreed that homosexual acts between nsentg men over the age of legal majory - 21 at the time - should not be a matter for the law. Dpe cross-party support for the Act, MPs were hardly lg up to accept homosexualy as a legimate orientatn.