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GAY HISTORY Victorians were more relaxed about homosexuality than in the 'swinging sixties' | |
 | Manchester historian Jeff Evans said the supposedly prudish Victorians were far more relaxed about sex between men, having studied court cases relating to the criminalisation of gay men. Outside London, the criminal justice system in regions such as Lancashire seemed largely uninterested in prosecuting gay men manchestereveningnews 11 Feb 15 LGBT History Month UK |
UK Gay Village club-goer avoids jail after leaving homophobic bigot with a fractured skull | |
 | Andrew Duncan barged the 29-year-old victim in the chest with his head, causing him to fall and bang his head outside the Rembrandt pub on Sackville Street manchestereveningnews 11 Feb 15 |
GAY MARRIAGE Seek legal advice before dissolving civil partnership warns Law Society | |
 | As the number of dissolved civil partnerships rises by 20%, legal experts at the Law Society are advising same-sex couples to seek legal advice before breaking up. It may not be labelled as a 'divorce' but dissolving a civil partnership has the same legal ramifications as ending a marriage Find a solicitor 11 Feb 15 |
Top Italian court finds no constitutional right to same-sex marriage | |
 | The Court of Cassation ruled that nothing in Italy's constitution requires government recognition of same-sex marriage. The court said, however, that same-sex couples have a right to the same protection of law as other unmarried couples catholicculture.org 11 Feb 15 |
SHOW BIZ Jon Stewart is leaving The Daily Show | |
 | When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, a social conservative, tried to defend his opposition to same-sex marriage, Stewart said: "I think it's the difference between what you believe gay people are and what I do. Religion is far more of a choice than homosexuality, and the protections that we have for religion -- we protect religion, and talk about a lifestyle choice, that is absolutely a choice. Gay people don't choose to be gay." cnn.com 11 Feb 15 |
O-M-G Christian Voice 'supports' pardons for gay men | |
 | Christian Voice director Stephen Green believes if we follow the argument to its logical conclusion we should include abortionists and pornographers in the pardons christianvoice.org.uk 11 Feb 15 |
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