Children who call their classmates “gay” risk being arrested for committing a hate crime even if they do not know what the word means, a leading charity warned last night.
Under new proposals issued by Justice Secretary Jack Straw, it will be illegal to use threatening words or behaviour on the grounds of sexual orientation.
Those convicted would face up to seven years in jail.
0 responses so far ↓
There are no comments yet...Kick things off by filling out the form below.
You must log in to post a comment.