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Anti-Gay Laws from Thatcher Era |
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By Jack Nichols
Glasgow University, Scotland—The Scottish cabinet has announced that it
is abolishing a law censoring passionate same-sex expressions of love and
affection. The anti-gay legislation introduced in 1988 by Margaret Thatcher's
government is known as Section 28.
The Thatcher government had made "promoting homosexuality" illegal. Since Scotland now has its own government cabinet, separate from England's, its leaders mean to annihilate this antiquated Thatcher-era holdover. Wendy Alexander, the Labour minister for the communities, announced the repeal here, confirming to reporters that the law must to be scrapped to remove "the blight of discrimination and intolerance" from Scotland.
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