Comments on: No gay pride at protest http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2396.html/ PinkNews.co.uk Gay News (UK and world) from Pink News - all the gay news for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community in the UK and beyond- thegaynews from Pink News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:22:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David Bruno http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2396.html/comment-page-1/#comment-6854 David Bruno Thu, 07 Sep 2006 11:36:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2396.html#comment-6854 Hopefully he would accept it as the freedom of expression that is an essential part of the fabric of a democratic society. It is outrageous that the police should have arrested him and it is also dangerous for civil liberties. It is unlikely that gays protesting outside a meeting of Evangelical Christians would be arrested ('Christianiphobia' is not yet in the lexicon of aggrieved minority groups) - but likely that gays protesting outside an Islamist meeting would be arrested ('Islamaphobia' increasingly trumps 'homophobia' in the PC pecking order with police action to match).Instead of closing down freedom of expression, it's far better to give greater reign to it and to ensure that the police spend their time dealing with real rather than thought crimes. Hopefully he would accept it as the freedom of expression that is an essential part of the fabric of a democratic society. It is outrageous that the police should have arrested him and it is also dangerous for civil liberties. It is unlikely that gays protesting outside a meeting of Evangelical Christians would be arrested ('Christianiphobia' is not yet in the lexicon of aggrieved minority groups) – but likely that gays protesting outside an Islamist meeting would be arrested ('Islamaphobia' increasingly trumps 'homophobia' in the PC pecking order with police action to match).Instead of closing down freedom of expression, it's far better to give greater reign to it and to ensure that the police spend their time dealing with real rather than thought crimes.

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]]> By: james http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2396.html/comment-page-1/#comment-6855 james Wed, 06 Sep 2006 23:52:00 +0000 http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-2396.html#comment-6855 I wonder how Stephen Green would feel if a group of gays and lesbians stood outside his church and [peacefully] handed out leaflets on homosexuality [with quotes from various scientific journals showing that homosexuality is normal] would react? I wonder how Stephen Green would feel if a group of gays and lesbians stood outside his church and [peacefully] handed out leaflets on homosexuality [with quotes from various scientific journals showing that homosexuality is normal] would react?

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