Gay times: homosexuality. (public opinion in Great Britain about homosexuality)(Brief Article)

From: The Economist (US) | Date: January 11, 1997 | Copyright information

THE queerest thing about homosexuality is the way it provokes endless controversy, out of all proportion to how much it actually touches most people's lives. In the latest example of this, John Major was said this week to be "livid" that a News of the World story about an alleged affair six years ago between a backbench MP and a young man had undermined the launch of the prime minister's general-election campaign. The newspaper said that Jerry Hayes, a Tory MP, had an affair with an 18-year-old man at a time when the homosexual age of consent was 21 (it was lowered to 18 in 1994). ...

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