Conservative blocking amendment against repeal of Section 28 fails
An amendment designed to thwart the repeal of Section 28, proposed by Conservative MPs Ann Widdicombe and Edward Leigh, was this evening heavily defeated in the House of Commons. Hurray!
The amendment was defeated 368 to 77, a majority of 291. It is thought that 74 Conservative MPs voted for the amendment, including the Leader Iain Duncan Smith, aka 'the quiet man', also the person who says he is not a homophobe.
John Bercow, the Conservative MP who resigned from the Shadow Cabinet a few months ago over his disagreement with Conservative Party policy relating to homosexuals, described the amendment as 'obnoxious', a view I share.
Edward Leigh, in proposing the amendment, included the following remarks: "Section 28 is a statement that there is no moral equivalence between homosexuality and heterosexuality. I make that moral statement in the knowledge that many other people in this country believe it to be true." What this shows with glittering clarity is that the bigoted majority of the Conservative Party still have a very long way to go before they even begin to understand how out of touch their Party is with modern British society.
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