I was walking along London Road earlier and noticed how mixed the crowds coming back into town were. It was a bit messy, but pretty much what you would expect from any large festival.
A real funny though: I saw a big oik with bottle in hand single out a camp looking lad and call him a '****in...
I keep hearing that the reason why they have introduced the wristbands is to try and keep out people who go looking to cause trouble. I hope, for the sake of people like yourself, it works. I love the cafés and independent shops on Jimmy Street.
Seriously, I wasn't suggesting they are homophobes, I don't know why you made reference to 'hate'. It was a humorous dig at the way many businesses, probably with little interest in the event, are keen to get in on the act.
May I genuinely ask. Are you a Christian? And if so, do you feel your thread is the right way to both represent and bring people to the Gospel?
Additional note: It is not your view that homosexuality is wrong that I believe is at fault here. I disagree, but respect your right to believe that...
Homosexulity wasn't made lawful after the Wolfenden Report. The report was effectively shelved. It was about ten years later that the offence was voted off the statute books.
I struggle to understand why you use the words 'compulsory'. Equality and non-discrimination is compulsory, but 95%, or...
Such ideas display an ignorance of the roots of the Pride movement. The origins of the Pride movement lay in oppression, discrimination and the lawful punishment of homosexuals. As much as equality exists under the law in the UK, it doesn't elsewhere. So the movement clearly continues. There has...