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Tory minister's filibuster kills Turing's law and pardons for 65,000 persecuted gay men
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 22, 2016 11:51pm |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| Author | Cory Doctorow |
| News Date | Saturday, October 22, 2016 05:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Conservative justice minister Sam Gyimah staged a sucessful filibuster during the Parliamentary debate over "Turing's law", which would make the 65,000 men convicted of "gross indecency" under various UK anti-sodomy laws eligible for pardons, clearing their criminal records.
Gyimah said he objected to the bill on the grounds that it might end up pardoning men who had had sex with minors or who had been engaged in rape.
Labour MP Chris Bryant, who is gay, spoke in favour of the bill, coming close to tears, and said that Gyimah's fears were not well-founded, and that the law would not pardon rapists or men who'd had sex with minors, because it only offered pardons for people whose offenses were "no longer a crime," and both rape and sex with children are still crimes. |
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