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Britain
British government wants to ban inciting homophobic hatred
2007-10-09
The British government wants to ban the incitement of hatred against homosexuals, the country's justice secretary said Monday.
That sounds pretty un-Islamic. Should be good for at least a month's rioting, maybe a coupla bus booms.
The proposed law would make inciting hatred of gays, lesbians and bisexuals unlawful, Jack Straw told lawmakers, adding that the law could be extended to ban the incitement of hatred against disabled or transgendered people "if a case can be made."

"It is a measure of quite how far we have come as a society in the last 10 years that we are now appalled by hatred and invective directed at gay people," Straw said. "It is time for the law to recognize this." The proposed law, applauded by homosexual rights campaigners, comes only days after a controversial law on inciting religious hatred came into force.
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Posted by:Fred

#6  How totally gay.
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom   2007-10-09 21:08  

#5  My guess, not a damn thing.

As if any actual guessing was even required.

This is exactly the sort of thing Kirk used to fry errant computers with.

Errrror ... eeerrrrror ... must ster-il-ize!

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Posted by: Zenster   2007-10-09 14:39  

#4  If you are not allowed to hate islam and not allowed to hate gay people you have a double-bind. This is exactly the sort of thing Kirk used to fry errant computers with.
Posted by: Excalibur   2007-10-09 09:25  

#3  Gee, doublethink much, Straw? What are you going to do with the Imams who call for the deaths of gays?


My guess, not a damn thing.
Posted by: E. Brown   2007-10-09 09:11  

#2  Since England no longer has any prison space to put anyone, adding new laws accomplishes nothing. Maybe they are trying to just declare all citizens criminals, to justify turning the whole country into a prison. Approaching the problem from the other direction, as it were.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2007-10-09 08:37  

#1  Is it still OK to incite hatred of brussel sprouts? Do I still have another decade to incite hatred against the kid who pushed me around in 4th grade?

Why do I get the feeling that "expressing disagreement with" will equate "inciting hatred against?"
Posted by: Super Hose   2007-10-09 00:18  

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