Wednesday, March 4, 2015

English Home Office: 'You can't be a lesbian, you've got children'


Apata’s barrister, Abid Mahmood, called these views: “highly offensive”.

“Some members of the public may have those views but it doesn’t mean a government department should be putting these views forward in evidence,” he told the court.

9 comments:

Amartel said...

It is increasingly clear why the government bureaucrats keeps insisting that we are all a bunch of racist, sexist, misogynist, heterobiased homophobes who need MOAR ROOLZ* lest we offend the delicate sensibilities of our fellow humanoids.

*and an evidentiary sex tape. What fun!

Shouting Thomas said...

It was only a matter of time until we demand exhibitionist proof that a person is queer and thus eligible for government goodies.

Evi L. Bloggerlady said...

Then there is this case...

AllenS said...

Whoa. Wait a minute.

AllenS said...

Wait a minute. One more time. That's Michael Brown from Ferguson.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Men don't make passes at things who wear glasses.

Synova said...

What is the purpose of having to prove she's lesbian?

Granted, this is one of the reasons I have generally opposed allowing declared gays in the military... because you will be forced to declare. It's just how the world works. If the government is so invasively in charge of your life, as is true in the military, it will be as necessary to have a tag on you that says gay or straight as it is to have a tag that says male of female (or married and how many dependents and if they need special services.) The end result nearly has to be limiting deployment to those places with services, ie., the right sort of privacy. Because government is stupid.

Methadras said...

Yeah, she's going to end up with a burning tire around her neck very soon.

Eric the Fruit Bat said...

Perhaps this would be the thread to mention that I've recently been wishing that I could retire and spend the rest of my days giving therapeutic, full-body massages to elite, college-level female gymnasts.

I'd do it for free, and there'd be no funny stuff, and you can trust me on that.

Still creepy?