The Isle of Man’s education minister is facing calls to resign after claiming that homosexuality has “huge health implications” and that gay lifestyles should not be treated as equal to straight relationships.
According to the Isle of Man Examiner, David Anderson made the comments after he persuaded the House of Keys to delay a debate over controversial plans to scrap it’s version of Section 28 in its new Sexual Offences Amendment Bill.
If passed, the Bill would also equalise the age of consent for gay and straight sex.
The draft Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill does not currently include the repeal of the Section 38, but the debate was intended to allow Hazel Hannan to table her bid to repeal the legislation.
The Isle of Man Government is obliged under the European Convention on Human Rights to equalise the ages of consent, but there is no such obligation in international law to repeal Section 38.
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1 omasbaer // Mar 2, 2006 at 2:49 pm
what advantage is there in getting aids ?Buggery was never healthy and still is not !
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