John Berw Accintally 'Outs' Straight Rugby Star Ben Cohen As Gay | HuffPost UK Polics

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• SPEAKER JOHN BERW 'SURPRISED AND LIGHTED' AT 'GAY OSR' NOMATN
• GUY ADAMS: THE RACIST AND GAY HATE PAST OF SPEAKER JOHN BERW
• STRONG SE FOR GAY MARRIAG, ADMS BERW
• JOHN BERW ACCINTALLY 'OUTS' STRAIGHT RUGBY STAR BEN COHEN AS GAY
• JOHN BERW PRAIS GAY EQUALY PROGRS DURG QUEEN’S REIGN
• COMMONWEALTH UNTRI MT SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS, URG SPEAKER JOHN BERW
• SPEAKER JOHN BERW: GAY UPL SHOULD HAVE RIGHT TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND WEDDGS

SPEAKER JOHN BERW 'SURPRISED AND LIGHTED' AT 'GAY OSR' NOMATN

He beme a champn of gay rights and said a clampdown on nnabis smokers would be "absurd" enterg the shadow bet, he lled for Conservative MPs to be banned om membership of the Monday tablished himself as one of the Conservative Party's most outspoken social liberals, he had to fend off persistent mours he was poised to fect to his electn as Speaker was more popular on the Labour bench than the Conservative 2015, wh Labour's support, he survived after a proposed le change that was seen as an attempt to ot him by the Tory ernment.

GUY ADAMS: THE RACIST AND GAY HATE PAST OF SPEAKER JOHN BERW

The same year as his marriage, Berw rigned om the ont bench after rebellg to vote for Labour plans to allow unmarried gay and heterosexual upl to adopt children. He told his nstuency associatn his new year’s msage that year that voters saw the Tori as “racist, sexist, homophobic and anti-youth” praise John Berw for his service as Speaker – vio Berw was elected as Speaker of the Hoe of Commons 2009 and quickly provoked accatns of anti-Tory bias. Speaker John Berw has admted he is "surprised" to fd himself is the nng for a gong at this year's 'Gay Osrs' Tory - who is normally tasked wh keepg policians check the Commons - has been nomated by the rears of 'Out the Cy' and 'G3' magaz to bag an award for champng the rights of the LGBT has been shortlisted the 'straight ally of the year' tegory ahead of a London ceremony April, which will see him battle wh gay and bisexual stars cludg Olympic diver Tom Daley.

The young Berw mpaigned wh neo-Nazis who endorsed an odly racist policy for black and Asian Brons to be ‘repatriated’ to their anctral, for much of the 1980s and 1990s, he was a hero of the far-Right and ma outspoken attacks on femism and gay rights.

‘He was always attackg Left-wgers, gays and femists.

STRONG SE FOR GAY MARRIAG, ADMS BERW

In 1987, he kicked up a fs over a scheme to put gay lerature children’s hom and librari, tellg reporters he’d wrten to Neil Knock, then Labour lear, askg him to tervene to prevent ‘this sister and evil proposal’. Soon after, he began his polil U-turn, mpaigng for liberal issu such as racial equaly, while seekg to gloss over his Right-wg part of the then Tory lear Ia Dunn Smh’s team, he clashed wh his boss over Dunn Smh’s refal to support gay adoptn. There is a "very powerful se" for troducg gay marriage, shadow bet mister John Berw told the Conservative nference Berw, a proment Tory rightwger, said there were tellectual and ethil arguments for the civil registratn of same-sex the shadow work and pensns mister said sectn 28 - which bans the promotn of homosexualy schools - was a "lm tt" of the party's willgns to Berw said the Tori had no plans to troduce civil registratn, later addg that he was not argug they speakg on the ge of the Tory nference, he add a "strong se n be ma".

"Gay marriage, as a term, emotnalis the whole issue, " Mr Berw said. However, Mr Clarke said he would ntue to vote to keep sectn while llg for equal regnn for unmarried upl, he said he did not back gay Clarke dismissed sectn 28 as an "obscure, unread and unapplied piece of legislatn" and said should not be abolished. "You do upset people the other way if you talk about advotg homosexualy schools, " he said.

JOHN BERW ACCINTALLY 'OUTS' STRAIGHT RUGBY STAR BEN COHEN AS GAY

"I'm not favour of advotg homosexualy schools. "Mr Berw said no one wanted to expose pupils to unsuable material on eher gay or straight sex. It's one thg to accintally out someone for beg gay when they don't want to be.

It's another to do when the person isn't even gay the first place.

Commons Speaker John Berw, who is a firm supporter of gay rights, did jt that on Wednday eveng when troducg gby star Ben Cohen at an event hosted by 'ParliOut', parliament's group for gay staff. Acrdg to the Pk News, Berw praised Ben Cohen for his work to tackle homophobia sport and praised him for beg "openly gay" the sound of lghter Cohen is reported to have shouted: "Don't tell my wife".

JOHN BERW PRAIS GAY EQUALY PROGRS DURG QUEEN’S REIGN

Realisg his mistake Berw quickly backtracked, addg: "No he’s not openly gay. "Cohen was attendg the event to show his support for mpaigns agast homophobia gby player Gareth Thomas however did e out December 2009. Related Ben Cohen diaryjohn berw newsGay RightsBefore You GoYou May Like.

Lance Price, Executive Director of the Kaleidospe Tst, add that progrs was still to be ma many parts of the Commonwealth, where 41 of the current member natns still crimalise homosexualy.

He said: “John Berw has once aga monstrated his mment to upholdg the human rights of lbian and gay people. Any gay person nng for her life, or any gay group bandg together to be treated like a human beg, will be given the support they need, the way they want . Do they want proment gays to vis the untry and s the urtrooms wh them?

COMMONWEALTH UNTRI MT SUPPORT GAY RIGHTS, URG SPEAKER JOHN BERW

John Berw, the Speaker of the Hoe of Commons, has lled for an end to the "shameful" crimalisatn of homosexualy four out of five Commonwealth untri ahead of the Gam due to start Glasgow this senr MP said was not right that there might be world-class athlet who will not be able to pete the Commonwealth Gam, as they will have been discrimated agast on the basis of their sexualy. Speakg on the eve of Wednday's openg ceremony, a challenge to the UK ernment and other untri to act, he said: "Shamefully, is timated that 4 out of every 5 untri the Commonwealth crimalise homosexualy. Surely, is time for the Commonwealth to do more to support lbian, gay, transsexual and bisexual people, to ensure they are not discrimated agast, no matter where they live?

"Berw, who will attend the Gam, said was a "fantastic sportg ocsn" and "wonrful opportuny to celebrate the spir of the Commonwealth", but suggted the event has been overshadowed by the groupg's poor rerd on LBGT Cameron and Alex Salmond have e unr creasg prsure to speak out about the issue, after mpaign groups highlighted the fact that 42 out of 53 untri the Commonwealth crimalise homosexualyEarlier, Peter Tatchell, the equal rights mpaigner, urged Salmond to "appeal to all participatg untri to adhere to Article 7 of the Commonwealth Gam Feratn nstutn, which prohibs all discrimatn". "The tensy of homophobia the untri is so great that is very unlikely that they would select a LGBTI athlete to pete Glasgow.

I n't image homophobic stat like Uganda, Bnei or Nigeria selectg a LGBTI athlete. Speaker John Berw has cricised same-sex marriage legislatn for allowg church to refe gay upl.

SPEAKER JOHN BERW: GAY UPL SHOULD HAVE RIGHT TO CHURCH OF ENGLAND WEDDGS

Berw, who was recently elected Speaker for the third time, ma the ments at a receptn to mark 50 years sce the crimalisatn of homosexualy England and Wal. Cricisg the law, he lled the legal ban on same-sex marriag by the Church of England “a py” and said meant gay upl do not yet have “full legal equaly”. “And I suppose marriage terms there will only really be plete legal equaly when is permissible for a gay uple to marry as a matter of right a church.