Re: Sexual Offences Act 2003, UK

"Jim Justjim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "P Diddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Jim Justjim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > "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?
>
> He proved HIS point, but I was thinking about it in a different way.

Ok...fair enough then.

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> > >
> > > > Neil