When I started this blog, I made a vow to myself that I wouldn't get bogged down in a long list of blogs which could come under the banner of "you couldn't make it up" or "it's political correctness gone maaaaaaaaaaaad".
However, I am afraid that the depths to which this country plumbs on a daily basis makes it almost impossible for me not to come back time and again to these kind of stories and today I've found another cracker for your edification and enlightenment.
Pauline Howe, who is 67 years old, wrote a letter to Norwich Council objecting to a local gay pride march. She used the word “sodomites” and objected to “perverted sexual practices” amongst other phrases about homosexuality, mostly coming from her own religious viewpoint.
The Council requested she be visited by the Police and Plod duly obliged, with two Officers turning up at her door and lectured her about having committed a potential "hate crime".
Yes you read that right dear reader. Accused of Hate Speech. George Orwell got it bang on the money didn't he. The fact that two wooden tops turned up at her door suggests to me they were considering charging her with a crime, hate or otherwise.
Now Ms Howe's views are a little on the 1950s side. Some of the stuff she spouted in her letter is naive and broad brush in the extreme. However it has to be taken into consideration she is a 67 year old grandmother who has a strong Christian religious faith, with the resultant naivety and conservative (with a small c) views she will hold. For the Council and Police to waste taxpayer's money on this charade is quite simply astonishing. Even Stonewall has suggested the actions were heavy handed. The saddest thing is I'm not surprised by any of this anymore.
I do wonder had Ms Howe and the rest of her congregation been planning a Christian Pride march and the Council had received a letter of complaint from a third party calling them "God botherers", stating "there is no God" and that the bible was a "fantasy", would the Old Bill have turned up at their doors?
Tonight's music comes from Erasure, with the 80s classic "Sometimes". Andy's soaring vocals compliment Vince's sublime synth and made the song a number 2 hit here in the UK and top 5 Stateside. They went on to have 20 top 30 hits in the UK with their signature synth dance/pop.
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That's creepy.
ReplyDeleteDespite the best efforts to make it otherwise, our island is still 70% Christian. No other nation on God's earth would allow the majority to be marginalised & bullied. For mainstream read intolerant nutters. It ain't going to get any better....
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