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Originally Posted by Damien
IMO Stomewall wasn't promoting homosexuality. It's not a choice after all, such a campaign would be bizarre. It was against homophobia: "Some people are gay, get over it". That isn't ramming it anyone's throat no more than the campaigns against racism were.
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If you look at Stonewall's history especially the behaviour of idiots like Peter Tatchell you'll see they have a chequered past.
20 years ago during their 'OutRage' campaign (targeting ministers who were speaking out against homosexuality yet being gay themselves) they threw incorrect accusations of homosexuality around, especially at some public figures who were not publicly against homosexuality but were gay themselves and preferred to keep it that way. Tatchell took it upon himself to decide that they needed 'outing'.
When he tried to get Mugabe arrested that time - he then complained about getting a shoeing from his bodyguards - what did he expect? The beating was not justified but if you place yourself in the firing line like that, people with extreme views will react and there shouldn't be any surprise at that.
If all Stonewall wanted to do was promote the rights of gays then I have no objection to that, they're entitled to their views. But they have a history of taking things too far.