The Weird Homophobe

Hmm … wanting to be open-minded I posted a story two weeks back titled ‘Tories Hugging Gays?’, about the UK Conservative opposition party getting modern.  The leader is modern, yes.  But even the next rung down – his parliamentary candidates – have a habit of being medieval on issues like marriage equality and the alleged gay  ‘lifestyle’.  Witness this quote, which promptly got Phillip Lardner sacked as a candidate (he was also previously suspended from the party for racism):

“Homosexuality is not normal behaviour… as your MP I will support the rights of parents and teachers to refuse to have their children taught that homosexuality is ‘normal’ behaviour or an equal lifestyle choice to traditional marriage.” Continue reading →