British politicians won't protect gays for fear of offending Muslims
If they're forced to choose between offending Muslims and gays, British politicians would apparently rather offend gays. The U.K. doesn't have a law protecting people from discrimination on the basis of religion or sexual orientation. But rather than pass both together, lawmakers decided to protect religion only. Downing Street fears that Muslims, whose votes could be the key to saving the seats of many Labour MPs, might feel offended if they were “lumped together” with gay people. Nice.
Times Online
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