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LONDON - Newly appointed British Prime
Minister, Gordon Brown, writing to the homosexual online
news centre, PinkNews, promised that his government
would continue to promote the homosexual political agenda
both at home and abroad.
Brown praised the work of Labour in
forwarding the homosexual political aims: "I think
this Government has made a huge amount of progress:
for example, we've equalised the age of consent, repealed
Section 28 [that banned promotion of homosexuality "as
a pretended family relationship" in schools], and
made it illegal to discriminate on grounds of sexual
orientation."
"I would like to think that my
whole political life has been a fight for equality and
a fairer society," he said.
But the rhetoric of "human rights"
has failed to impress pro-family advocates who have
seen the advance of homosexual political gains at the
expense of protections for freedom of speech and religious
expression.
One British pro-family lobbyist speaking
anonymously to LifeSiteNews.com said that the reality
behind the words goes far beyond protecting persecuted
and marginalised minorities from unjust discrimination,
to the normalisation of homosexuality. "The agenda
here is to make being 'gay' just as socially acceptable
as being black or Jewish."
Brown promised that the newly established
Commission for Equality and Human Rights would be employed
to ensure "anti-discrimination laws are enforced."
One of the important areas left, he said, is to "tackle
homophobic bullying in schools," the next goal
identified by the hugely successful homosexual lobby
group Stonewall.
Fr. Timothy Finigan, a Catholic theology
professor and founder of the Association of Priests
for the Gospel of Life, told LifeSiteNews.com that the
Prime Minister's assurances to the homosexuals are an
indication of how closely the Labour party is following
the homosexual efforts to outlaw all opposition, particularly
religious opposition in schools. "He's really nailing
his colours to the mast."
Homophobic bullying, Fr. Finigan said,
is a key code word established by Stonewall for not
allowing schools to promote natural marriage and the
family as normative.
All human rights organisations, Fr.
Finigan said, now work on the principle that homosexuality
is the equivalent of race with homosexual sex being
the "racial" characteristic that defines the
homosexual person. To criticise that activity as sinful,
therefore, is by definition discriminatory against homosexuals.
With this principle in mind it is likely
that the government's new Commission will be used to
stifle moral opposition to homosexual activity, especially
in religious schools. "The gay lobby will be able
to outlaw certain expressions or possibly even certain
opinions," Fr. Finigan said.
Brown promised that his government would
also ensure that the Commission "plays its full
part in changing attitudes".
He also promised his government would
advance the homosexual movement's goals abroad. "We
have announced an international strategy to promote
rights overseas, which includes Britain's commitment
to the universal decriminalisation of homosexuality,"
he told PinkNews. "We are and will continue to
work with foreign partners and domestic organisations
to protect the human rights of gay and lesbian people
throughout the world."
"There is more to do and I can
promise this Government will continue to do all it can
to make Britain a fairer and more tolerant place."
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