Re: Sexual Offences Act 2003, UK

"Jim Justjim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > http://www.gaylawnet.com/news/2000/ag2000.htm#united_kingdom
>
> This is about evening out the age of consent for homosexuals.  This IS
> lowering the AOC, but this isn't really what I am talking about.  This
> isn't really about lowering the age of consent, it is about equal rights
> for gays.
>
> > In South Africa:
> >
> > http://www.acdppta.org.za/Press/ParlNews8Sep03.htm
>
> Same thing.  It is about lowering the AOC for gays so that it is equal to
> that of heterosexuals.
>
> > Just about everywhere else:
> >
> > http://www.advocate.com/html/news/120500/120500news09.asp
>
> This is about a PROPOSAL to lower the AOC, not that it has been lowered.
>
> > This one indicates that the AOC for both homosexual and heterosexual
> > sex was recently reduced in Russia:
> >
> > http://moscow.uncut.ru/history.htm
>
> It also says that it is in the process of being raised back to 16.
>
> > And this one for Estonia:
> >
> > http://www.gaylawnet.com/news/2001/ag01.htm
>
> Again, this is equalizing the age of consent for homosexuals.

So to clarify...are you saying he did not prove his point with those links?

>
> > Neil