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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 12:56 pm ]
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31070115

That's got me wondering if/how many women were convicted around the time.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:04 pm ]
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Was it one of those daft things where the bible said something about a 'man lying with a man', so women got off?
Sounds like the sort of thing you hear on a daily basis from pastors in the USA......... Mr long legged mac daddy.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:37 pm ]
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I think this was mentioned before because of Turing. Pardoning them is all a bit too late. What happened was a reflection of morals, ethics and law of the time. How far back are they planning to go?
Author:  pcernie [ Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:44 pm ]
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We've pardoned WW1 'deserters' so I'm OK with this considering we were still idiotic decades later.
Author:  big_D [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:25 am ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Was it one of those daft things where the bible said something about a 'man lying with a man', so women got off?
Sounds like the sort of thing you hear on a daily basis from pastors in the USA......... Mr long legged mac daddy.

There was also something about Queen Victoria not being able to imagine that a woman could have sex with another woman, so no law against it... I don't know if that is an old wives tale.
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 7:50 am ]
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I've heard that somewhere before too.
Author:  Spreadie [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 8:41 am ]
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l3v1ck wrote:
Was it one of those daft things where the bible said something about a 'man lying with a man', so women got off?

Sounds like the bloke who wrote the bible was partial to a bit of girl on girl.

The Queen Victoria thing isn't accurate - the legislators who sought to criminalise same sex relationships thought that to include lesbianism would simply draw more attention to it - like it was a bloody club for people to join. :roll:
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Feb 01, 2015 9:47 am ]
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Spreadie wrote:
....the legislators who sought to criminalise same sex relationships thought that to include lesbianism would simply draw more attention to it - like it was a bloody club for people to join. :roll:

Then why did they criminalise it for men? Surely the effect would be the same.
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