Extract from second reading (Lords) of the Merchant Shipping (Homosexual Conduct) Bill (private bill) - April 6
Friday, 7 April 2017 08:18
Lord Lester of Herne Hill (LD):...Tony Blair’s Labour Government
tried to repeal it, with strong Liberal Democrat support, but the
Government were defeated on 7 February 2000 by a campaign led by
Baroness Young. I spoke in favour of repeal. The House also
rejected lowering the age of consent to that of heterosexual
couples. Baroness Young was supported not only by Conservatives and
some Labour Peers, but by religious groups, including
the Salvation Army, the Christian Institute, the...Request free trial
(LD):...’s Labour Government tried to
repeal it, with strong Liberal Democrat support, but the Government
were defeated on 7 February 2000 by a campaign led by Baroness
Young. I spoke in favour of repeal. The House also rejected
lowering the age of consent to that of heterosexual couples.
Baroness Young was supported not only by Conservatives and some
Labour Peers, but by religious groups, including the Salvation Army, the Christian Institute, the
African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance, the Muslim Council of
Britain, the Chief Rabbi Dr Jonathan Sacks—now the noble Lord, Lord
Sacks—and Orthodox Jews, groups within the Catholic Church and the
Church of England, and several retired Law Lords. She was also
supported by the Daily Mail, the Sun, and the Daily Telegraph. They
claimed that Section 28 protected children from predatory
homosexuals and from advocates seeking to indoctrinate young people
into homosexuality...
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