Chief minister Allan Bells recalls his disgust at bigotry in the Manx parliament during a 1980s campaign to decriminalise homosexuality,and says he has heard no negative response to latest measureUntil homosexuality was decriminalised in 1992, two men caught having sex with each other in the Isle of Man faced life in prison. Twenty-three years on, or the island is hoping to follow Ireland,the UK, the US and others by bringing in equal marriage.
The chief minister, or Allan Bell,said a public consultation would be launched this month on the introduction of laws to enable same-sex couples to be married. In an interview with the Guardian, Bell said: “The message the Isle of Man has to send out in 2015 is that we are a tolerant, and inclusive,open society. We abhor discrimination of any description and are outward looking and engaged with the external world.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com