Gay ally who led attack on UK sodomy law dies
Posted on August 20, 2008
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(London) Leo Abse, the man credited with toppling Britain’s law against sodomy, has died. Abse was 91.
Abse served in the House of Commons for nearly 30 years, championing civil rights for minorities and helping to liberalize divorce laws.
As a Labor Member of Parliament from Wales, Abse introduced a bill in 1967 to abolish …
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