British politician suspended after homophobic web remarks
A Conservative Party candidate has been suspended after making “deeply offensive” comments about homosexuality on his website, reports Sky News.
Philip Lardner was standing in the Scottish constituency of North Ayrshire and Arran.
On the website, Mr Lardner said he would tolerate “common sense equality and respect” for gay people but “will not accept that their behaviour is ‘normal’ or encourage children to indulge in it.”
His comments, entitled “what do I believe in?” said: “Christians (and most of the population) believe homosexuality to be somewhere between ‘unfortunate’ and simply ‘wrong’ and they should not be penalised for politely saying so - good manners count too, of course.
“The current ‘law’ is wrong and must be overturned in the interests of freedom as well as Christian values.”
He also supported the law known as Section 28 which was repealed in 2003.
Posted by Rob Coe on April 27th, 2010 at 11:15am
