Human Rights and Political Correctness
Twisted Facts
Feeding from a pervasive political correctness which has permeated many
of our institutions is a sympathetic national and local media that circulates twisted
gay opinion as certain fact.
Take for example, an Observer report by Mark Townsend
in September 2004. Based on so-
Townsend is
a remarkable journalist because he wrote another article for the
It also stated, "A confidential
briefing note for Scotland Yard's lesbian gay bisexual transgender advisory group,
seen by the
What he omits is that the first murder and very likely the second, is a gay on gay homicide. More telling, perhaps, are my enquiries with Scotland Yard to obtain the “confidential briefing note” under the Freedom of Information Act. An official at the Yard’s FOI department responded by saying that searches had been made with the Diversity and Citizen Focus Directorate (DCFD) (LGBT strand, LGBT Independent Advisory group and Detective Chief Inspector Gerry Campbell and that no briefing notes existed.
It is fair to ask if Townsend is a little bit more than an apologist for homosexuals? Is he making it up as he goes along?
Moreover, homosexuality is steeped in a form of victimhood that has gained in political
status. It has brought them considerable advantage including preferential treatment
and the possibility of using police power to silence unwelcome critics and financial
compensation. Thus, politicised victimhood undermines liberalism, weakens our democratic
culture and subverts equality before the law, as well as police and judicial impartiality.
Dodgy Data
Gay police propaganda would have you believe our population includes between 10 and
14 percent of homosexuals. That would represent between 4.2 million and 6 million
gays in the adult population. This exaggeration is exposed by the comparatively 'low'
incidence of HIV/AIDS within the gay community. The medical problem would be much
greater based on a larger group. More important reasons for skepticism follow.
Now
comes astonishing information from both The Telegraph and Observer in December 2005
that there are some 3.6 million homosexuals in our community. It’s claimed that is
about 6 percent of the population. The gay lobby have jumped on this to emphasise
their place in society, but the claim is entirely bogus. No definitive conclusions
can be drawn from a year-
The
For instance, in one part the report refers to government estimates
that there are between 1.5 and 2 million homosexuals in the labour force of some
29 million. Campbell has concentrated, not on the labour force, but on the total
population. He has doubled the number of homosexuals to between 3 and 4 million
based on a population of 60 million people. He states, “There are an estimated 1.5
million to two million gay men, lesbians and bisexuals in the 30 million-
The Civil Partnership Report concentrated attention on the ‘adult population’ of England and Wales which it estimated at 47.5 million. It acknowledged no specific data was available and had to make a reasonable guess based on current information. The last part is the tricky question because the sources were prejudiced in favour of gays. So they applied a figure of between 5 and 7 percent of the adult population being homosexual. In England and Wales that gave them a homosexual population of between 2.10 and 2..95 million persons. It was between 200,000 and 290,000 persons in Scotland and between 65,000 and 90,000 persons in Northern Ireland.
The 6 percent median statistical range for the adult population is 2.8 million and for the labour force is is 2.65 million homosexuals.
Moreover, between 1989-
Nevertheless, from this point on Stonewall grasped the Campbell figure of 6 percent or 3.6 million gays and have applied it to all their surveys that followed. It is altogether a remarkable fact that evidence supports the existence of about 4 million and 2 million homosexual men and women respectively in the USA.. Considering it has a population 5 times greater than our own this raises an interesting question. If the British scale was applied, the American figures should be about five times greater?
They government drew on other ‘assumptions’ to predict the rate of take-
This is
the same government department, run incidentally by an activist lesbian and former
chief executive of Stonewall, that earlier predicted there would be 425,600 gay marriages
by 2050. Within a year the figure was drastically revised down to 42,550.
According to new figures from Statistics Sweden (May 2006), 11 years after new partnership laws were introduced only one half of one percent of new marriages have been same sex couples. Last year there were 3,300 homosexual men and women living in registered partnerships. Homosexual marriages have a higher rate of divorce than do heterosexual ones. After five years 30 percent of homosexual women have divorced compared with 20 percent of homosexual men. Among heterosexual couples the figure is around 13 percent.
London -
We now learn that London is reputably the Gay Capital of Europe?
If there is so much hate about, why is that? Indeed, gays increasingly claim each
pink parade is a resounding success that suggests little or no evidence of homophobia.
Gay website's proudly boasted of 600,000 people in attendance at the London European
Gay Pride in 2006. More down to earth, the police said only 40,000 attended. Gay
Pride Parades are now held in an increasing number of towns throughout the UK.
But
there is more! A ‘VisitBritain’ website which is in 17 languages opens with the comments
‘Welcome to the United Queendom of Great Britain ...with our proud gay history, cutting-
Michael Cashman, 55, Labour Euro-
Paradoxically it seems, when the police give increased attention to 'human
rights' they are in danger of undermining their traditional role as upholders of
the law. This has and will invite growing public criticism because they are failing
to distinguish between right and rights. Understandably, the police are reluctant
to involve themselves in politics, yet fail to comprehend that gay rights is about
the achievement of power not truth or social justice.
Changes in legislation are have
introduced new privileges for the homosexual community and one finds the British
police keenly recruiting gay and transsexual men and women, who then form gay associations
to keep a keen eye on anyone critical of homosexuality in the police.
Metropolitan
Police Commissioner, Sir John Stevens nominated Inspector Paul Cahill, 32, for the
MBE for his 'services to diversity'. Cahill heads the 1,000 strong, publicly funded
Gay Police Association and which wishes to silence Christian objections to homosexual
police. Clear evidence that queer cops are in the ascendancy! Sir John Stevens was
the first Commissioner to appoint a homosexual affairs officer with a salary of £30,000.
The next boss at Scotland Yard, Sir Ian Blair, who also actively promotes ‘gay rights’
has appointed 24 diversity advisers on £35,000 salaries. Additionally, he has contributed
£3,125 to the schools campaign so that little kids can learn more about homosexuality
during the Gay History Month.
One is left to speculate if they have properly considered
the financial implications of recruiting homosexuals because research by Sigma (1999)
suggests that more than half of gay men infected with HIV are medically retired?
Research for the British Royal College of Psychiatrists (December 2004) indicated
that as many as 43% of a sample of homosexual respondents had a mental disorder,
and 31% had contemplated committing suicide. This does not augur well for the running
of an efficient and effective police force?
Additionally, the promotion of Brian Paddick
as Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner was testimony to the fact the law enforcement
sodomy lobby is no longer frowned upon by the boys in pink. This represents a revolution
in the traditional ethos of British policing. A homosexual with a controversial background,
Paddick has publicly stated he finds anarchy appealing. He pioneered a 'softly, softly'
approach to cannabis in south London; an experiment that has now spawned an increase
in drug abuse and criminality. No criminal charges were brought against him when
his lover of over five years, a former French model, James Renolleau made drug allegations
that could have compromised his position as a police officer. He also alleged that
his policeman lover boasted of a promiscuous sex life before they met.
London's police
force has been paralysed by anxiety over the issue of diversity. Eager to prove its
anti-
Most, if not all police forces now boast diversity units dedicated
to advancing homosexual interests.
Indeed, a storm of protest irrupted late in 2008
when it was discovered that the Association of Chief Police Officer’s (ACPO) were
considering new guidelines on policing public sexual activity. Deputy Chief Constable
Mike Cunningham of Lancashire Police headed this group. This had come from an (ACPO)
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Working Party which had been initially set-
The report
urges that the police should inform and dissuade rather than prosecute. If that fails
patrols should be mounted not to detect, but to deter. This is based on the premise
that enforcement could prove humiliating resulting in self-
This really should come as no surprise because a number of police
forces have already implemented similar recommendations on the advice of local homosexual
pressure groups. Meanwhile, many public toilets are gradually being closed down as
a direct result of public complaint about lewd behaviour by gays and inaction by
the police.
Indeed, the passivity of the police cannot be better explained than in
the case of public lewdness and offensive obscenity that happened in November 2008.
For the second time a forty-
The
Lothian and Borders police in Scotland were the first force to issue guidelines that
actually collude with officers suffering from a mental disorder. Transsexual police
will be given time off for hormone therapy and a sex-
Meanwhile, on a lighter note, gay officers
in Hampshire were angry they couldn't wear earrings on-
Gay activist Bruce Voeller has neatly
exposed the ten percent deception. He admitted in his book 'Some Uses and Abuses
of the Kinsey Scale.' that the 10% figure is a myth to promote the homosexual agenda.
He remarks, '...after years of our educating those who inform the public and make
it laws, the concept that 10 percent of the population is gay has become generally
accepted as "fact"... As with so many pieces of knowledge and myth, repeated telling
made it so...'
The GPA is not about honouring policing; it's about celebrating homosexuality
in uniform. And they are a highly politicised pressure group! They claim they have
the backing of 48 chief constables throughout the country. They've even made a formal
complaint against an award winning journalist and broadcaster for making tongue-
Assistant Chief Constable Simon Taylor and gay Chief Inspector Neil Ferguson
of the Norfolk Police were busy recruiting homosexual people from the Brighton gay
community. Apparently, there are 292 same-
Lisa Timerick hit the headlines
again in May 2005, when it was reported that she and homosexual Sergeant Mark Andrews
were sponsored to the tune of £5,000 by the Superintendent's Association, to go on
a 'gay community relations' six weeks jolly to the USA. The pair will march in uniform
in San Francisco's Gay Pride Parade on June 26. Residents of Brighton, which included
some 40,000 homosexuals, expressed their anger at the waste of money, but a police
spokeswoman said, 'The pair will have a hectic schedule of meetings with police,
community leaders and nightclub owners.'
Caroline Graham of the Mail on Sunday tracked
the pair bar-
Consider also the concern of
a Christian group who objected to police officers marching in uniform in a gay parade
in Manchester for the first time in 2003. It was surprising that only one group protested
and was a good indication of how others were oblivious to what was going on. Incredibly,
the Manchester Police logged the complaint as a 'hate incident'. At best this displays
a degree of confusion, at worst an insensitivity that borders on the paranoid. Notably,
other forces refused to allow officers to parade in uniform. So, apart from Christian
groups, there were serious reservations from within the police. By 2008 it is alleged
that up to 300 officers joined the Manchester gay parade. This is evidence of rapid
changes in the police.
Contrast all of this with the 1987 statement of former Manchester
police chief James Anderton who believed that people with AIDS were responsible for
their own predicament. He famously said, 'Everywhere I go I see increasing evidence
of people swirling about in a human cesspit of their own making.' It now appears
the gay police have joined them in spite of the fact medical opinion sides with Anderton.
Of course, gays mistakenly think that HIV/AIDS is an equal opportunity disease affecting
everyone, but medical science confirms it is highly discriminatory and favours homosexuals
nineteen times more than heterosexuals.
Forces up and down the country have launched
teams of specially trained liaison officers to provide confidential advice on homophobic
crime on the alleged basis gay victims fear attending court. Since most victims of
crime share this apprehension it is difficult to know why homosexuals get preferential
treatment.
Early surveys in 2002 by Sigma Research showed that 7 percent of gays
claimed to have been assaulted and 34 percent verbally abused. Moreover, Crown Prosecution
Service (CPS) revealed in 2004 70 percent of reported gay hate crimes resulted in
convictions. This is an astounding conviction result. People would be dancing in
the streets if the same result applied to burglary, theft or assault,
Another report
covering all 42 areas by the CPS in 2005 show that gay complainants '...feel uncomfortable
taking crime complaints through to prosecution.' The CPS prosecuted 317 cases that
contained homophobic elements between April 2004 and March 2005. Of these, 190 resulted
in a guilty plea and a further 34 resulted in conviction after trail. Again the conviction
rate for homophobic crimes was 71 percent, another indication of just how little
gay hate there is in our society.
In May 2004 the police funded a website called ‘True
Vision’ to tackle hate crimes. Twenty-
Raw data from two of our largest police forces show just how
small the problem is. During 2003-
In America, for example the cause célèbre murder of homosexual student
Matthew Shepard in 1998 became a symbol for gays demanding federal hate crime laws
to include sexual orientation. New evidence by ABC's 20/20 news anchor, Elizabeth
Vargas shows that the killers were not involved in a hate crime, merely robbery and
that one was under the influence of drugs. The source of the hate is not traced to
the police, but to two of Shepard's friends, Walt Boulden and Alex Trout. It is they
who spread the idea that Matthew was attacked because he was gay. Gay activists see
this revelation as an oversimplification and a distortion, but they have a political
reason for sustaining the homophobic myth.
American activists still push for a federal
hate crimes statute. But the facts are against them. There is no epidemic of anti-
The 2003, the FBI reported
7,489 hate crime incidents, of which 1,239 were based on sexual orientation and two-
The Croydon
police launched a dedicated homosexual surgery to tackle homophobic crime. PC Jeff
Wade claims it is a response to public demand. His colleague, PC Lee Worsfold, caused
a storm earlier this year when he made the choice to go back on the beat as a woman.
Now called Louise, he is to have a sex change. In the first ten months of the scheme
there was 13 reports of homophobic crime in Croydon.
Similarly, PC Andy Hewlett,
of the Metropolitan Lambeth Police was involved in a publicly funded project to raise
awareness of homophobic bullying in primary and secondary schools. 'Homophobic terminology
is prevalent in many of our schools', he said, 'Words are often the start of the
chain of abuse that can lead to more serious and often violent crimes.'
Meanwhile
the Metropolitan Police have added an ignoble 'first' to its history. Among its ranks
is a homosexual police constable convicted of gross indecency in an alley in Bexleyheath
with a 15-
The
Home Office has revised the national police recruitment form to include sexual identity.
It should come as no surprise that the GPA feel it will lead to less ‘marginalistation’
of homosexual officers. GPA Strategic Director Sian Lockley simplistically observed,
'If we already do gender and race monitoring how do you defend not doing sexual orientation
monitoring? There is no difference.'
But there clearly is! One can orientate ad nauseam,
and some do, but race is immutable.
Where does the Home Office stand in all this?
Well, then Home Secretary David Blunkett addressed a LGBT Spectrum conference in
October 2004, to congratulate them for establishing a national network of homosexual
staff in the Home Office. Spectrum has network hubs in London, Manchester, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Cardiff, Bristol, Sheffield, Birmingham and Belfast. Their numbers have
quickly increased from 12 to over 400 since it was established. At the time it was
the fastest growing homosexual network in the Civil Service.
Gay Police Pessimism
Even
the infant 15-
Unlike Cashman, however, this is how the homosexual police see it -
Scotland
Yard also investigated the issue for an alleged ‘faith crime’ following a public
complaint.
This homosexual police association wants to stifle Muslim and Christian
opinion within its own ranks fearing it could lead to ‘homophobia’. There is a major
difference of opinion between them and the Christian Police Association. Already
there are cases of officers who refuse to work with gay officers or who withdraw
from groups discussing equality within police forces. They have now set up a 24-
More
generally, however, the police are utterly taken in by homobabble and are becoming
increasingly authoritarian when policing gay rights.
Acting
under Home Office advice, the rot set in 2002 when Sergeant Geoffrey Clark of the
Gloucester Police detained Robin Page, 61, a well-
After arguing that hunt supporters should be a protected minority, Page had
said, ‘If you are black, vegetarian, Muslim, asylum-
Following
a five-
An altogether different case is that of retired bank clerk
Harry Hammond, 69, a 20-
Saun Tapper, a gay activist,
who summoned friends on his mobile phone, spotted him. A crowd of some 30 to 40 soon
arrived who then pelted Hammond with mud and water. Wrestling him to the ground they
pulled his placard away. He was subject to a number of assaults. A demonstrator was
slightly injured.
Tapper called the police. He complained that he felt threatened
and accused Hammond of inciting people to attack homosexuals, whereupon Hammond was
arrested. No police action was taken against any in the crowd for assault or public
order. The Prosecutor was exceptionally anxious to pursue this case on the basis
it was an important ‘human rights’ issue that a witness was persuaded to travel 9,000
miles from Australia to attend court
Hammond denied the charge of harassment brought
under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, at Wimborne Magistrates' Court but
was fined £300 with £395 costs.
By the time his case appeared before the Court of
Appeal early in 2004, Hammond had died. The Court upheld the conviction on the grounds
that (1) There was no interference with Hammond’s human rights. (2) The placard was
legally insulting. (3) The facts of the offence were complete for which there was
no defence.
This Orwellian distortion means it is acceptable for the victim of a
breach of the peace to be convicted while his attackers go free. Taking into account
the Association of Chief Police Officer's own public policy on 'hate crime' it is
possible to suggest that Hammond (a minority of one) was the victim of a hate crime
by a concerted group of young people who had conspired to strike him into submission.
Hammond’s human rights of 'free expression' were thwarted as he was ungraciously
physically beaten to the ground.
Since he was a regular preacher on the streets of
Bournemouth, it is difficult not to conclude that gay activists had intentionally
planned to silence him once-
This means that gay activists who
feel 'threatened' may legitimately disrupt future situations using physical violence?
In another case in November 2003, the Rt Rev Peter Forster, Bishop of Chester was
investigated by the police for telling a local newspaper that, 'Some people who are
primarily homosexual can reorientate themselves... I would not set myself up as a
medical specialist on the subject -
He
had just finished an extensive study to compile the Church of England report 'Some
Issues in Human Sexuality -
Subsequently, a religious gay group
saw this as a threat and objected to the inference of mental illness. The police
carried out a full criminal investigation for an offence they already knew did not
exist.
Reflecting this unwarranted exuberance, politically correct Chief Constable
Peter Fahy declared, 'We need to be very aware of the position of minorities in the
County and make sure diversity is celebrated....’ In other words, the police can
impetuously fête homosexuality at the expense of common sense and decency. This is
a good example of misguided ingratiation.
Studied opinion, scholastic effort, erudition,
reasoned dialogue, theological discourse and freedom of expression are insensitively
dismissed. And this for a lifestyle that the medical profession deem risky. Some
people are obviously more equal than others before the law! Which leads one to conclude
the police have been utterly hoodwinked by homobabble.
The gay rights movement, which
currently has considerable muscle and influence with the British Government, is a
highly organised pan-
However, if you live in Oxford don't ever call
a police horse 'gay'!
Student Sam Brown of Balliol College Oxford, was arrested in
May 2005 for causing harassment, alarm or distress after calling a police horse gay
following a night out celebrating university exams. Ignoring a warning from two officers
he repeated the gibe whereupon he was duly arrested after back-
He spent the night in the cells and was provisionally
fined £80. Brown denied his comments were homophobic. 'As far as I know calling a
horse a gay is not offensive. I don't think I've committed a crime -
A spokesman for Thames Valley Police confirmed the arrest
and fine and also said that the 'homophobic comments' were not only offensive to
the policeman and his horse but any members of the general public in the area.' The
British Constabulary's' worldwide reputation for fair play and common sense is rapidly
changing from a police force into a police farce.
Mr Brown, an English Literature
graduate, refused to pay the fine so the police took the case to court.
But at Oxford
Magistrates' Court 8 months later it emerged the Crown Prosecution Service had chosen
to discontinue the case. Prosecutor Cariad Eveson-
That apart, there’s a seriously sinister side developing within the British
police today. Take the case of Lynette Burrows, author on children’s rights, family
campaigner and broadcaster. In December 2005, she took part in a debate on Radio
Five Live on the new Civil Partnership Act. She said she did not believe that homosexuals
should be allowed to adopt. Following a public complaint, the police pounced, or
should that be ponced, on her? Scotland Yard insisted on an investigation into homophobic
remarks as a ‘priority crime’ to reassure the community. The boy’s in blue are gradually
plodding into a darker side of social control which aims to curtail free speech.
Was the BBC outraged that one of its contributors had been intimidated in this sinister
fashion? Hardly! Instead it distanced itself with indecent haste describing Burrow’s
opinion as ‘challenging and unpleasant’.
Similarly, just a week later, elderly Joe
Roberts, 73, and his wife Helen, 68, both devout Christians, politely objected to
the promotion of gay rights by their local council. A view that would be shared by
millions of people. When Roberts was told that the promotion of homosexuality was
part of the Council’s diversity policy, Mr. Roberts asked if Christianity could be
promoted in the same way. He was refused on the grounds it would offend gays and
lesbians.
Subsequently, Wyre Borough Council reported them to the police for ‘…the
implications of homophobic behaviour.’ The couple were interrogated for 80 minutes
by two Lancashire police officers who warned them they were ‘…treading on eggshells.’
They felt their right to free speech and religious freedom was being threatened.
This is how totalitarian states start off. .
The Robert’s family threatened legal
proceedings which resulted in a hurried and humiliating capitulation by both the
police and council. A full apology was formally issued and £50,000 paid in damages
and legal fees. It was they who were treading on eggshells instead as they now confessed
to an improper use of power. Indeed, the Robert’s family were invited by the police
to draw up new appropriate guidelines.
Sir Iqbal Sacranie, when head of the Muslim
Council of Britain was investigated by the police for saying homosexuality is ‘harmful’
and for criticising the same-
Police Commissioner
Pulls Back
Currently, however, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has decided the
police has got too much egg on its face and withdrawn the politically correct instructions
to investigate politically incorrect opinions. But not before they were heavily criticised
by the Daily Mail for radically amending the British Constitution without public
and political discourse so that free speech and thought are restrained.
Business
as Usual for Others
However, before the dust settled North Wales Police; in tandem
with the local Crown Prosecutor; stepped into the breech and brought their force
into disrepute. They arrested, charged and bailed John Atkinson, 46, a former detective
officer with 22 years of distinguished service, with a public order offence. What
was his crime? Chatting with a group of six police officers in a police van in Wrexham
town centre late one night he asked about Superintendent Michelle Williams, who is
openly homosexual and heavily involved in the forces diversity programme. He mischievously
referred to her as a ‘diversity dyke’.
The six police officers drove off but five
minutes later came back, running towards him and ordering him to put his hands in
the air. ‘I honestly thought it was a joke and they were winding me up,’ he said.
He was then arrested, handcuffed, bundled in the police van, forced to strip naked
and left in a cell with just a blanket, denied access to a toilet and later charged
with ‘threatening and abusive behaviour.’ A subsequent front page headline in the
Daily Post claimed he was ‘Treated like a dog’. This was a serious understatement
for he was treated worst than a dog!
A year previously, North Wales Police Chief Constable
Richard Brunstrom, had come under heavy fire when he referred to gays as ‘queers’
in a discussion about public toilets. He quickly apologised but the Gay Police Association
wanted him charged. The Police Authority quite properly refused.
Atkinson was to claim
at his trial he had no idea one of the officers; Sarah Fellows; was gay. The police
protested to the court they were shocked by his ‘dyke’ remark but when asked about
the chief constable’s earlier reference to queers they ineptly distanced themselves
from the issue. It did not, however, stop Fellows from claiming she was ‘extremely
shocked and insulted’. The magistrate’s threw the case out and dismissed the charge.
Mr Atkinson felt the whole episode was pure farce and lamentably commented, ‘Four
miles from here, an old lady was beaten to death two years ago. It was an undetected
murder. Three years ago, a postman was beaten to death in the next town -
This
case is exceptional, not only for being the second of its kind but also for the chilling
consequences to freedom of speech. Genuine strong opinion is to be trashed by an
oppressive interpretation of the law. What kind of a society have we become when
it is perfectly legitimate to ridicule religion, but watch out if you disparage the
homosexual lobby in the slightest manner?
Then came news
that the police in Brighton had charged Councillor Peter Willows, 75, with a public
order offence for allegedly equating homosexuality with paedophilia. If convicted
he faced either 6 months in jail or a maximum fine of £2,000. Willows, a retired
engineer and welder had served on Brighton and Hov e City Council for 12 years.
When
the case was heard Willows denied using threatening, abusive or insulting words or
behaviour, or disorderly behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress
but was convicted and handed a conditional discharge.
Summing up Miss Ray-
She added: "It is frankly heartbreaking that a
man like him, at 75, ends up in the magistrates' court because of a stupid remark
that he bitterly regrets. His good name is something he will never be able to recover.
He ends his political career in disgrace."
Willows was given a conditional discharge
and ordered to pay £250 court costs but when he said he could not pay straight away,
his friend Councillor Geoff Wells offered to pay and unusually other supporters offered
to chip in. But Jay Nemes and Johnny Core, two gay men who handed in £40 towards
Willows's court costs, did not agree with the verdict.
Mr Nemes said: "Freedom of
speech in England ended on December 12, 2006. "We have reached a stage where someone
who makes an unfortunate comment and then apologises for it gets the full weight
of the law brought down upon them Pauline Quinton, the presiding magistrate, said:
"We do not consider your remarks were borne from a hostility to people who are gay."
Willows
subsequently was successful in an appeal against conviction.
Similarly, TalkSport
radio show presenter, Mike Mendoza found himself being reprimanded twice by the media
regulator, Ofcom, for comments about homosexuality in May 2007. His bosses suspended
him for a week for inferring a connection between homosexuality and paedophilia.
According to Ofcom, Mendoza quickly apologised for his ‘...offensive remarks’. The
regulator said, ‘...we nevertheless are very concerned that the presenter chose to
make such a remark. To connect homosexuality with paedophilia is highly offensive.’
Ofcom may consider it disgusting, but they need to understand more clearly that Mendoza’s
view is supported by a considerable volume of research.
What are the implications
of these sorry case? Despite the incontrovertible fact that there is a volume of
serious academic evidence clearly equating homosexuality with paedophilia it is now
wrong to say so. Some of that evidence is highlighted on this website. The big question
mark now is -
Then there’s the case of nine
Glasgow firefighters were summarily punished by way of compulsive ‘diversity training;
one was even demoted losing thousands of pound in pay and pension rights; for refusing
to participate in a gay pride event. They were instructed to attend in uniform and
hand out fire safety leaflets. Some objected on the grounds of conscience while others
claimed they were embarrassed.
The firemen, from Cowcaddens fire station in Glasgow,
had also become aware of a ‘kiss-
Scottish National
Party member, Fergus Ewing thought it ‘unbelievable’.
Brian Herbert, the demoted watch
manager has since been reinstated to his post and the other eight firemen remain
under a ‘final warning’ from their employer although they are still considering further
action.
Next came the arrest and charge under the now much-
A month later, and much to the dismay
of the police, the Crown Prosecution Service dropped all charges. Have the police
acted unlawfully? David Francis, the Deputy Chief Constable defensibly claimed the
decision of CPS to withdraw the charge rested on the fact the evidence was insufficient
and they had not criticised the police. This is potential misleading since the CPS
reject charges where (1) the evidence is insufficient or, (2) it is not in the public
interest to do so. They hardly ever mention anything about the activity of the police
since this could have other legal implications elsewhere. This is particularly apt
because Green intended suing the police.
The police claim they
are unable to carry out their duties to the full because of shortages of manpower
and resources. So it is useful to ask them how four police officers can be allotted
to the job of investigating another so-
Kinky Cops
In contrast, Birmingham’s Sunday Mercury reported in August 2007
that ‘Kinky cops pose in uniform to net gay lovers.’ Reporter Adam Aspinall exposed
three Midland policemen who were posing in full uniform using X-
Avon Fire Service
However, if kinky cops can get away with it, not so our firemen.
“Firemen demoted and fined for shinning torch on gay foursome in the bushes,” ran
the Daily Mail headline early in October 2007 Firemen of Avon Fire Service’s Blue
Watch at Avonmouth shone their torches on four men having illegal sex in a public
park. Subsequently, one homosexual complained of homophobia to the the Terrence Higgins
Trust who altered Avon's fire chiefs.
An internal investigation ensued and four firefighters
were suspended for three months on full pay.. Later, they faced charges of bringing
the service into disrepute and misuse of equipment. Two men were fined £1,000 , another
was demoted and the fourth received a stern written warning. All were ordered to
attend an equality course. They were then posted to other stations and banned from
discussing the incident.
In what is clearly an effort to counter any suggestion that
the homosexual complainant had been treated with kid gloves, Avon Chief Fire Officer
Kevin Roberts said the investigation would have had the same outcome if the complainant
had been heterosexual. In other words, no differentiation of investigation or outcome
could be implied. Rather curious, however, is the idea that the Avon Fire Service
is to give the money raised from the fines to gay rights charities.
It is not difficult
to think that an atmosphere of fear now permeates the Avon Fire Service and this
is in part explained by the fact that local union boss John Drake was unable to comment
if the four accused officers are to appeal. This is clear evidence that the Trades
Union Movement, in embracing the gay agenda, has exposed their heterosexual membership
to largely hitherto real and unimagined potential jeopardy.
Within a week, Avon Fire
and Rescue Services held a major ground-
Subsequent to this, Fire Chief Kevin Roberts
disclosed to BBC Radio Bristol that he had received 300 abusive emails and accused
the media of homophobia. One even a death threat. A member of the Fire Authority
demanded to know what is going on and a Extraordinary Meeting of the Fire Authority
was arranged.
It is worth reflecting for a moment and ask
upon what basis are the police performing? Indeed, there is a good case to suggest
they are behaving unlawfully because real laws are promulgated by Parliament and
not the collective desire of the Association of Chief Police Officers. The police
pursuit of hate crime by way of a ‘hate incident’ and ‘hate crime repeat victimization’
is not enshrined in any real law, but has been made up by them. It clearly amounts
to a form of police harassment because they go beyond the law. They need urgently
to revisit their 104-
There is little or no evidence that laws that limit free speech work
to meet their stated goal -
A quick visit
to Peter Tatchell’s website, for example, reveals it is replete with references to
buggers, faggots, queers and dykes. So when is he going to be arrested, charged and
bailed by the PC police?
A veteran Christian cop and father-
He later complained to the Daily Mail that, "The blatant support for homosexual rights in Norfolk Police makes being a Christian officer extremely difficult."
Ultimately, however, he objected to being bombarded at work with emails and posters promoting gay rights, for which he was sacked from the force.
Cogman attended his local Anglican church nearby and had joined the police in 1993
after 12 honourable years service in the RAF. He had been commended twice for police
work.
There were two incidents in which he was involved. The first in 2006 when homosexual
officers used the internal email system encouraging others to wear pink ribbons on
their uniform in support of gay history month. Cogman challenged their efforts suggesting
that homosexuality was a sin. From what has so far reached the public domain, it
seems only Cogman was disciplined for using the email system improperly, although
it is likely that the other officers were informally warned not to use the internal
email system to promote gay pride.. In any case, he pleaded guilty and was fined
£1,200.
A similar subsequent row broke again in relation to the gay history month
and the wearing of the pink ribbon in 2008. Cogman remonstrated that the use of the
rainbow symbol was ‘inappropriate, thoughtless and insensitive’ because it was a
symbol of God’s faithfulness. He also sent a five-
He eventually appeared before his chief constable and
two ‘independent’ tribunal members. It seems likely these were members of the Independent
Police Complaints Commission, whose colleagues would have had a hand in the framing
of charges.
Two charges were put for which he was found guilty. The first was for
failing to comply with a lawful order over the improper use of police computers.
The second was for ‘failing to treat a colleague with politeness and tolerance’.
He
was dismissed the service on the first and required to resign on the second. Clearly
the improper use of the internal email system was considered the graver offence on
the basis it carried a heavier penalty. Of lesser implication was the failure to
show politeness and tolerance. Although Cogman has the right to appeal to the Home
Secretary, it is near certain he will never be reinstated because if it was successful,
the dismissal charge would likely be downgraded to one of ‘requirement to resign’.
Further, the dismissal charge is remarkable for its severity especially when one
considers the officer had not committed a criminal offence for which it is usually
reserved. The punishment of dismissal is normally applied to very grave offences.
Indeed, police discipline within the Norfolk force shows that only one case involved
a dismissal and that related to a crime.
A police spokesperson attempted to stress
the impartiality of the hearing by drawing attention to the other two who sat on
the tribunal, but failed to say that the question of punishment was wholly in the
hands of the chief officer. So, it is clear from this that he has less regard for
the intolerant intrusion by homosexual officers into the professional lives of his
officers who seek merely to get on with doing what their paid for. In short, gay
rights are allowed to intrude the work-
It is now reported that Cogman intends to pursue the matter through
an Employment Tribunal for wrongful dismissal.
It should be remembered that senior
officer’s from the Norfolk Police have previously visited the Brighton gay pride
openly seeking to recruit homosexual men and women. This move generated considerable
criticism and resentment from gay police officers in the Sussex Police who were busy
recruiting their own.. Notwithstanding, police statistics of homophobic crime in
Norfolk are minimal.
In contrast, consider the case of married Constable Suckbir Mann, 38, who was exposed
by the Scottish Sunday Mail in December 2009, for being a gay prostitute of three
years. A Sunday Mail reporter was offered £100-
On the 17 December 2008, Christian community nurse Caroline
Petrie, mother-
Her offence
was in asking an elderly patient if she would like a prayer said for her. The patient
declined and later disclosed she was not offended by the offer, but later confided
in a sister that others might be.
Petrie was confronted the following day by a nursing
sister. Subsequently she received a telephone message at home telling her she was
suspended and that formal disciplinary action would follow.
Mrs Petrie said: ‘I have
trouble understanding how offering to pray for someone could be upsetting. I feel
it's a nice thing to ask and a way to give hope that circumstances can change.’ She
says that she often offers to pray for her patients and that many take her up on
it. She either prays with them or after she has left their home.
Within three weeks when new reached the national press the Daily Telegraph ran the headline ‘Caroline Petrie's suspension shows a failure of common sense’ which reflected the nature of a massive public outcry. Petrie was quickly reinstated.
Gay Euphemisms
The Metropolitan Police Diversity Handbook bans its officers and civilian
staff from using the phrase homosexual because it ‘criminalises’ them, yet hypocritically
acknowledges that gays may refer to themselves using the exact phrase. The handbook
can be criticised for several serious errors. It argues that children brought up
by homosexual parents are not disadvantaged and that gay men are not more likely
than heterosexual men to be HIV positive. Scotland Yard has created a category of
hate crime, termed ‘transphobic crime’ for anyone who does not treat transvestites
and transsexuals with respect and dignity. Little surprise that lesbian Linda Bellos,
who jointly chairs the advisory group, is thrilled describing the document as ‘invaluable’.
Rather odd, though, that formal police policy is guided by doggy homosexual findings.
The
gay lobby are driving a coach and horse through many of our institutions. For example,
take the 52 page booklet Good LGBT Practice in the NHS produced for the NHS staff
in Scotland with the assistance of Stonewall. The aim is clearly to normalize homosexuality
and to prevent the use of ‘homophobic’ language denoted in phrases like ‘husband’,
‘wife’, ‘mother’, and ‘father’. What starts off as an attempt to regulate speech
for fear of institutional retribution could ostensibly lead to measures to eradicate
prejudice against minorities is thus actually a law to discriminate against the majority
and to criminalise mainstream values.
Removing discrimination against homosexuals
was something welcomed by anyone with any sense. But the laws are being exploited
by mischievous pressure groups, aided by politically-
A magistrate who asked – quite correctly – to be
excused from sitting in a case involving gay adoption, about which he had strong
religious views, has been forced to resign.
Even worse is the case of a foster carer
who has been hounded out. Since 2001, he has looked after 28 youngsters with great
success. But he was then instructed by the local social services department to sign
a contract to implement the Sexual Orientation Regulations, which make it illegal
to discriminate against someone on grounds of their sexual orientation.
He would have
been happy to do so until he was told that it required him to actively promote homosexuality.
He would have been compelled to discuss same-
The
county council, in Somerset, had more than 70 children awaiting placement with foster
parents.They will now have to wait longer. Another triumph for political correctness.
Gay
Justice
It's worth pointing out that the homosexual lobby managed to get a late amendment
to the Criminal Justice Act 2003, giving them an added legal importance. Under Section
146, sentences can be increased for any offence against a victim based on actual
or presumed sexual orientation. Like the Canadian law, sexual orientation is not
defined. Likewise, equally ambiguous is the Equality Act 2006 that cosily states
that sexual orientation means an individuals sexual orientation towards a person
of the same or different sex, or both.
Two interesting ideas follow from this! First,
the law will treat more severely a mugging of a strong young healthy homosexual cross-
Even the Crown Prosecution Service, which appears excited
by dubious gay research. is getting in on the act. Search their public policy statements
on homophobia and you will not find one reference to the term 'homosexual'. Instead,
page after page has references to homophobia. Remarkably, even this is defined as
a '...dislike directed towards lesbian, gay or bisexual people ...or dislike directed
towards their perceived lifestyle.'
So, if you should dislike homosexual practices
you run a perilous legal gauntlet! And when is a crime a homophobic crime? When the
CPS subjective test is applied -
The gay lobby has seduced the police and Crown Prosecution Service.
Their greatest prize, however, has been to mesmerise our ‘Learned Judges’. In March
2004, the judge’s training body -
It says a lot of silly things about avoiding terms that
might discriminate or are prejudicial. Expressions like ‘he’ or ‘she’, ‘postman’,
‘chairman’, ‘asylum seeker’, ‘man and wife’, ‘immigrant’, ‘mixed race’ ‘West Indian’,
‘or even Asian’ are out. It’s a good example of political correctness gone mad! Ruth
Lea, of the Centre for Policy Studies think-
Judges and Magistrates, it exhorts,
should understand that transvestites may need to cross-
They urge that transsexuals be searched by police officers of the
opposite sex to the transsexual’s birth certificate. This seems at odds with a recent
decision by the Appeal Court. A transgendered male-
What a
novel twist! Transgendered police can search whoever they like without compunction,
yet non-
And what about the case of Nigel Coleman, 47, from Swindon? He pleaded
guilty in October 2004, to assaulting Thomas Clarke. The court heard that Coleman
had refused to be interviewed by a transsexual probation officer because it is against
his strictly held Mormon beliefs. However, the court chose not to let him be seen
by another officer and sentenced him without a report to two months imprisonment.
He unsuccessfully lodged an appeal on the grounds his religious freedom, as defined
by the Human Rights Act, had been denied. His lawyer, Martin Guyll-
The ‘Bench Book’ hints that gay sex under
the age of consent is acceptable. “The vast majority of young gay men are aware of
their sexual orientation before 16 and seek partners of about their own age," it
states, adding that there is “no persuasive evidence that boys or girls can be seduced
into homosexuality”. It contends that gay parenting equals that of traditional families.
No research of any significance is offered to substantiate these claims. Indeed,
the claim is a clear falsehood. Repeated studies clearly demonstrate that a substantial
minority of homosexuals are 'seduced' into the lifestyle by older predatory gays.
In
the final chapter of the Bench Book on ‘Sexual Orientation'’, Judges are urged to
avoid identifying witnesses as homosexual or lesbians. It is claimed they are recognised
as a persecuted minority, particularly vulnerable to discrimination, overt homophobia
and crude hate. They live in constant fear of physical or psychological assault.
The chapter is shot through with highly questionable and controversial conclusions
based on disingenuous scientific premises and questionable research, or no science
at all.
It starts with the basic premise homosexuals make up about 10% of the population.
In spite of conceding methodological faults with the Kinsey research, it is still
used. Three other academic authorities are cited – Janus [1993], Laumann [1994] and
Vilain [2001].
It is misleading. Janus found that 4% of men and 2% of women considered
themselves homosexual. The Bench Book has quietly added the 5% and 3% of confessed
bisexuals to the total to inflate the figure. More reliable would have been a British
survey in 1991 among 19,000 men who found that only 1.1% had a sexual partner in
the previous year, (3.6% ever). A.M. Johnson et al., Nature. December 1992.
It claims
the Laumann research [1994] concedes 10.1% gay men and 8,6% of women. The same Laumann
study is referenced here on our The Ten Percent Gay Myth webpage and gives a much
lower scale.
The Bench Book claims the 2001 Vilain study, though controversial, points
to predetermined genes as the cause of homosexuality. This is a remarkable claim
from a peculiar source. Vilain, if not a homosexual, is very sympathetic. An associate
of his has published in paedophile magazines. Vilain claims his research means homosexuals
should have same-
Obviously the authors of the Bench Book are unaware that prominent gays now admit
the 10% claim is a lie.
During the Texas sodomy case in March 2003, a brief representing
31 gay and pro-
Odd that the Bench Book claims
Laumann’s study says one thing only to be significantly contradicted by homosexual
brothers and sisters in America?
They suggest that the commonly held view that homosexuality
is associated with paedophilia is ‘extremely offensive’. They say there is no evidence
that gay men are more likely to abuse children than heterosexual men. This is another
blatant lie. Medical science confirms the association.
They also claim that gays
can constitute an enduring family. This is not backed up with empirical science.
It is only based on a legal opinion that is unsatisfactory. We will shortly encounter
reliable research by the American College of Pediatricians that completely repudiates
their claim.
But if the Bench Book is to be criticised for publishing discreditable
research, it is to be damned for its flippant, disdainful and irresponsible way in
which it treats the question of HIV/AIDS.
One can understand the deception of attempting
to disassociate AIDS from the homosexual culture and onto the heterosexual community.
Quite recklessly they state, ‘…AIDS has become an outmoded concept.’ They infer the
situation is far less serious if treated like a ‘…manageable, though chronic, condition,
much like diabetes.’ This is an arrogant claim. Whilst considerable advance has been
made in the treatment of HIV/AIDS, it’s still a killer disease. No cure has been
found though treatment can postpone full-
According to Professor Robert
Gallo, the man who jointly discovered that HIV leads to AIDS says a vaccine is unlikely
to appear in the near future, warning that scientists working on the project are
doing so with "two hands behind their backs". Seth Berkley, president and chief executive
of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative addressing reporters at the 15th International
AIDS Conference said that even under the most optimistic scenario an AIDS vaccine
was still years away.
In June 2004, the Journal of Sexually Transmitted Infections
announced the result of covert research. The alarming finding was that one third
of HIV positive homosexuals did not know they were infected, and many of these admitted
having unprotected sex. A spokesman for the research team said, 'A high proportion
of HIV positive men continue to engage in high-
According to Sir Liam Donaldson, the Chief Medical Officer,
a third of those who are HIV positive are unaware of their infection. 'Worst of all',
he observed, 'people who are eventually diagnosed as HIV positive have had their
disease for an average of six years.' In 2005, the Aids Journal; the official journal
of the International AIDS Society; observed that men diagnosed late were about ten
times more likely to die within one year. They found that 1 in 4 HIV-
Interestingly, research (June 2004) by the
University of Toronto HIV Social, Behavioural and Epidemiological Studies Unit estimates
that 27 percent of gay and bisexual men in Ontario do not know they are HIV positive.
Sixty percent of men surveyed knew of someone who had died of AIDS, and alarmingly,
45 percent never disclose their HIV status, either positive or negative, to a casual
partner. Similarly, of the 14,395 homosexuals in a British survey almost a half knew
of someone who had HIV. Men with HIV had a greater number of sexual partners.
Returning
to the Bench Book, it is silent about the many dreadful viruses that gays are particularly
prone to.
A new drug-
More recent research [July 2004] from the University
of Washington in Seattle has identified a strain of syphilis amongst gay men that
is resistant to antibiotic medication. This mutant strain jumped in some North American
and European cities from 4 percent in 2002 to 37 percent in 2003.
In London, news
of a rare outbreak of shigellosis follows a recent outbreak of hepatitis A and LGV
amongst homosexuals. This outbreak is particularly serious for HIV positive people.
It is spread through contact with faeces connected with sex toys, rimming and fisting.
Meanwhile,
Peter Tatchell pleads for more medical attention to the growing menace of HPV (Human
Papilloma Virus) or anal cancer in the gay community. He asserts a quarter of HIV-
A word of caution is also necessary regarding the prevention of sexual diseases because
many assume a total immunity if they use latex condoms. The effectiveness of the
latex condom is less certain than had been previously assumed.
American science tells
us the following. If males use condoms 100 percent correctly all the time there is
(1) a thirteen percent failure rate against HIV, (2) a fifty percent failure rate
against gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydeous, and (3) a one-
Yet, according to a 2003 World Health Organization bulletin and
a 2001 NIH report, individual studies have demonstrated that condom use reduces the
risk of infection for Gonorrhea by 39% to 62% in women and 49% and 75% in men: Chlamydia
by 26% to 90% in women and 33% in men: Genital herpes by 30% to 92% in women and
less in men, though no numbers were given: Trichomaniasis by 30% in women and significantly
less in men, though no numbers were given: Syphilis by 40% to 60% in both sexes:
Pelvic inflammatory disease by 55%m, and: Genital ulcers by 18% to 23% in both sexes.
There is no evidence that condoms prevent the transmission of human papillomavirus,
which is a leading cause of cervical cancer.
Adding to this concern is recent research
by Sigma that shows that even under the best of conditions there is a failure rate
of between 10-
In
the final analysis, Judges, Magistrates and the rest of society should ask why it
is that so many nasty diseases target gay men? Even if homosexual impulses are no
longer formally considered a psychiatric disorder, we should recognise that homosexual
practices and behaviour are not normal in the sense we can describe them as natural.
It involves a misuse of body functions.
The result is that many suffer from the 'gay
bowel syndrome'. Anal intercourse is thus a high risk behavior because so many vicious
diseases can be spread from this maltreatment of the body, including HIV, HPV, Hepatitis
A, B, and C, and a wide range of other sexually transmitted diseases. When homosexuals
call for more gay pride we need to remind ourselves exactly what is being fostered.
Unlike the British Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, the American Food
and Drug Administration recently announced a new rule preventing gay men from making
anonymous donations to sperm banks.
Early research found around
99% of homosexual males engage in oral sex; 91% engage in anal sex; 82% engage in
"rimming", touching the anus of one's partner with one's tongue and inserting the
tongue into the anus; 22% engage in "fisting", inserting one's fist into the rectum
of the partner; 23% engage in "golden showers", urinating on each other; 4% engage
in "scats", the eating of faeces, and in "mud rolling", rolling on the floor where
faeces have been deposited.
But modern science unequivocally warns of the health perils
of buggery as an unsanitary and pathological act, of either a hetero or homosexual
kind. Under the best of clinical conditions the rectum is a hostile area subject
to fissure, tearing and the transmission of highly contagious diseases. It is not
designed for the intromission of penises, fists, forearms or rimming, but the expulsion
of disease-
The structure and function of the male and female
human reproductive systems are fully complementary. Anatomically the vagina is designed
to receive the penis. It is lined with squamous epithelium and is surrounded by a
muscular tube intended for penile intromission. The rectum, on the other hand, is
lined with a delicate mucosal surface and a single layer of columnar epithelium intenuea
primarily for the reabsorption of water and electrolytes. The rectum is incapable
of mechanical protection against abrasion and severe damage to the colonic mucosa
can result if objects that are large, sharp, or pointed are inserted into the rectum.
The
anus and rectum, unlike the vagina contain no natural lubricating function. Thus
insertion of unlubricated objects or inadequate dilation of the anus before insertion
of a large object can result in tissue laceration. The internal and external anal
sphincters are elastic rings of muscle which generally remain tightly constricted
except during defecation. The anal sphincters are also intended for material to pass
through them in a direction that leads out of the body. When an attempt is made to
insert something in the reverse direction, the muscles of the sphincter constrict.
From the perspective of pathology and pathophysiology, the varied sexual practices
of homosexual men have resulted in a diverse and expanded concept of sexually transmitted
disease and associated trauma. Four general groups of conditions may be encountered
in homosexually active men: classical sexually transmitted diseases (gonorrhea, infections
with chlamydia trachomatis, syphilis, herpes simplex infections, genital warts, pubic
lice, scabies); enteric diseases (infections with Shigella species, Campylobacter
jejuni, Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia lamblia, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, hepatitis
non-
In addition to infections and trauma,
tumours are a definitive risk for homosexual men. Homosexual behaviour in men is
a risk factor for anal cancer. Squamous-
Dr Valerie Delpech , of the Health Protection Agency's HIV
department said: ‘Sex between men remains the group in the UK at highest risk of
acquiring HIV with evidence that transmission is continuing at a substantial rate.
The rise in the number of new diagnoses reported is likely to be due to more HIV
testing among MSM and ongoing transmission of HIV.’
And because of a foolish exercise
in political correctness, thousands of innocent citizens fell foul of a contaminated
national blood supply by the Canadian Red Cross and suffered an undreamt nightmare
of HIV and hepatitis. Otherwise, western medicine has withstood repeated advances
from gays to accept their blood. Statistically, homosexuals have a higher incidence
of blood-
A
lawsuit is being made against a Chinese construction farm and its hospital. Reportedly
the first of its kind. Nineteen people contracted HIV after a hospital used blood
sold by a couple who later died of AIDS. The claim is for 30m yaun (£2m) compensation.
In another case a man donated blood to the central blood bank in the city of Dehui,
Northeast China's Jilin Province, 15 times from January 2003 to June 2004, his HIV
infection was not detected and the blood was given to 25 people. Before the local
health authority started investigating the incident six blood recipients died, and
could not be conclusively established that they were infected. If the six died of
AIDS the total number of people infected would be 27. Experts are certain that 18
people were infected of whom three have died. In addition, the man passed on the
virus to two sex partners, one of whom in turn passed it on to her husband, making
for a total of 27 victims.
Intimidation of Blood Service
In the UK meantime, our blood
stocks are being put at risk by the intimidation of militant gay rights students
who are fighting the donation ban on homosexuals. It’s part of a global protest by
gay activists. One homosexual in Australia is suing the blood service for ‘injury
to his feelings’ and 100 gays in South Africa gave blood concealing their lifestyle
until afterwards.
In the UK university students here have torn down advertisements
appealing for blood, demonstrated outside clinics and in at least one university
banned the blood service altogether. At a recent meeting of the National Union of
Students, homosexual activist Kat Louis threatened getting tough on the ‘blantantly
homophobic’ blood service. Donor bans are enforced in the University of Leeds, and
‘gay blood is good’ demonstrations have taken place in Nottingham, Salford, Aberystwyth,
Lancaster and Bangor. Awareness campaigns are taking place in others. A week later
angry demonstrating homosexuals were protesting at the Robert Gordon University of
Aberdeen.
At the University of Warwick nurses complained protestors were intimidating
donors and wanted them removed. These gay activists argue that anyone practicing
‘safe sex’ should be able to donate. But of course, evidence shows many homosexuals
do not practice safe sex. Some deliberately shun it. A 2007 survey by Sigma confirmed
previous gay surveys which shows that nearly half of all gay men do not have an HIV
test, even some with as many as 30 partners a year.
Similar campaigns occurred across
Scotland when the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service came under fire from
homosexual student activists. Scott Cuthbertson, the NUS Scotland LGBT spokesperson,
feared the ban ‘...perpetuates the myth that HIV/AIDS is a “gay disease”.
Some MP’s,
Scottish MP’s and gay campaigners like Peter Tatchell think the ban implies homosexuals
are promiscuous. Science and surveys, however, demonstrably reveal gays are pre-
Notwithstanding the fact the Scottish campaign collapsed, it did not
prevent another homosexual activist from seeking to petition the Scottish Parliament
one year later. Rob McDowall branded the current blood transfusion policy as homophobic.
The Scottish blood transfusion service, ScotBlood, refused to change the rules in
the strict interest of public health. Dr. Brian McClelland, director at ScotBlood
commented, ‘Figures would indicate a man who has had sex with a man is seven times
more likely to contract HIV than a heterosexual.’ He continued, ‘ Abolishing the
rule for gay men would increase the risk of an HIV-
It
is a disturbing fact that homosexuals are in denial about the harmful effects that
could result from what they propose. They have no real or compelling interest in
giving blood but rather seek to ameliorate the negative impact to their image in
having their blood refused. This is what irks them and this is what they seek to
rectify
The homosexual lobby group within the Liberal Democratic party joined the
ranks of those calling for a relaxation of the rules on blood donation by gays at
their conference in Llandudno in February 2008. Executive member Jen Yokney said
the present ban confuses sexual orientation with sexual behaviour.
Doctor Frank Boulton,
consultant for the National Blood Service observes, ‘Our primary concern is to ensure
that the blood we provide for patients is as safe as possible. …Independent medical
evidence suggests that if we were to begin accepting men who have had sex with other
men as donors, the incidence of HIV in the blood supply would increase.’ Boulton
has the support of the Terrence Higgins Trust. So, for the time being at least, blood
donations are refused from homosexual men, heterosexuals who indulge in dangerous
practices, anyone recently having acupuncture or anyone lately a resident of another
country where HIV is rife.
This is what the American Food and Drug Administration
have to say about blood from gays.
Men who have had sex with men since 1977 have an
HIV prevalence (the total number of cases of a disease that are present in a population
at a specific point in time) 60 times higher than the general population, 800 times
higher than first time blood donors and 8000 times higher than repeat blood donors
(American Red Cross). Even taking into account that 75% of HIV infected men who have
sex with men already know they are HIV positive and would be unlikely to donate blood,
the HIV prevalence in potential donors with history of male sex with males is 200
times higher than first time blood donors and 2000 times higher than repeat blood
donors.
• Men who have had sex with men account for the largest single group of blood donors
who are found HIV positive by blood donor testing..
• Blood donor testing using current
advanced technologies has greatly reduced the risk of HIV transmission but cannot
yet detect all infected donors or prevent all transmission by transfusions. While
today's highly sensitive tests fail to detect less than one in a million HIV infected
donors, it is important to remember that in the US there are over 20 million transfusions
of blood, red cell concentrates, plasma or platelets every year. Therefore, even
a failure rate of 1 in a million can be significant if there is an increased risk
of undetected HIV in the blood donor population..
• Detection of HIV infection is
particularly challenging when very low levels of virus are present in the blood for
example during the so-
FDA's MSM policy reduces the likelihood that a person would unknowingly donate
blood during the "window period" of infection. This is important because the rate
of new infections in MSM is higher than in the general population and current blood
donors.
• Collection of blood from persons with an increased risk of HIV infection
also presents an added risk if blood were to be accidentally given to a patient in
error either before testing is completed or following a positive test. Such medical
errors occur very rarely, but given that there are over 20 million transfusions every
year, in the USA, they can occur. That is one more reason why FDA and other regulatory
authorities work to assure that there are multiple safeguards, not just testing.
• Several scientific models show there would be a small but definite increased risk
to people who receive blood transfusions if FDA's MSM policy were changed and that
preventable transfusion transmission of HIV could occur as a result.
• No alternate
set of donor eligibility criteria (even including practice of safe sex or a low number
of lifetime partners) has yet been found to reliably identify MSM who are not at
increased risk for HIV or certain other transfusion transmissible infections.
• Today,
the risk of getting HIV from a transfusion or a blood product has been nearly eliminated
in the United States. Improved procedures, donor screening for risk of infection
and laboratory testing for evidence of HIV infection have made the United States
blood supply safer than ever. While appreciative and supportive of the desire of
potential blood donors to contribute to the health of others, FDA's first obligation
is to assure the safety of the blood supply and protect the health of blood recipients.
• Men who have sex with men also have an increased risk of having other infections
that can be transmitted to others by blood transfusion. For example, infection with
the Hepatitis B virus is about 5-
Currently, hundreds of survivors of one of the worst medical disasters in the history
of the NHS are demanding millions of pounds of compensation from the government to
alleviate the acute poverty in which many of them are now living. British patients
were given blood donated by AIDs-
Right now, one in eight gay men in London and one in 12 has
HIV in cities like Manchester. A staggering 41% do not even know they have contracted
it. Most are unconcerned and ignore facilities for medical testing. Others however,
deliberately seek out the ‘positiveness’ of HIV in gay bathhouses by having unprotected
sex with multiple anonymous partners. These are the bug chasers. Research has also
shown that HIV positive men are more likely to engage in risky unsafe sex.
Alarmingly,
in San Francisco, reputedly the gayest city in the world, 1 in 5 males above the
age of 15 is homosexual and over a quarter have contracted HIV.
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