The Independent (London, England)

`Greying grannies' get radical Gay parenting is the Townswomen's Guilds' latest issue, reports Jane Hughes

The Independent (London, England) | February 7, 1999 | Copyright

FORGET KNITTING. Forget jam. The neatly dressed members of the Townswomen's Guilds have become the radical activists of provincial Britain. A year after supporting the legalisation of cannabis for medical use, they are turning their attention to gay parenting.

Around 200 delegates representing the UK's 80,000 Townswomen will gather for the Guilds' national conference on the family this week to discuss gay parenting and single parents, subjects that have triggered outrage in less progressive circles. They will hear Angela Mason, the executive director of the lesbian and gay pressure…

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