BRITAIN'S UPPER HOUSE REJECTS LOWERING AGE OF HOMOSEXUAL SEX

Tuesday November 14, 2000

BRITAIN'S UPPER HOUSE REJECTS LOWERING AGE OF HOMOSEXUAL SEX

LONDON, Nov 14 (LSN.ca) - Tony Blair's Labour Government in England is seething after their agenda to lower the age of consent for homosexual sex to 16 from 18 was thwarted for the third time in two years by the House of Lords. The Telegraph reports that yesterday the upper house effectively killed the bill by passing an amendment (205 to 144) which "allowed for the age of consent for buggery for both boys and girls to remain at 18, but allowed homosexual acts other than anal intercourse to be committed at 16". While a majority of the population is against lowering the age of consent, the Labour government is intent on passing the bill by the end of the year and will force it into law using the Parliament Acts which allow for an override of the House of Lords. Lady Young, the champion of the bill holding back homosexual imperialism told the Telegraph, "The Parliament Acts were intended for matters of great national constitutional importance, not for gay rights."

For more see the Telegraph at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000142592815120&rtmo=as88aXwL&atmo=as88aXwL&pg=/et/00/11/14/ngay14.html

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