Tuesday, January 31, 2006
So according to the government one person in 16 Britons are homosexual, that’s six per cent of the population. That means that around 40 MP's in Parliament are gay, yet we only know of a handful. This begs the question do the voting public have a right to know of their politicians sexuality? Further does it matter whether a politician or anyone in a position of responsibility is homosexual?
Personally I would answer yes to the first part and no to the second. However I would suggest to you that in private the majority of the general public would have considerable concerns over homosexuals within positions of power.
Lets try and stay away from Mark Oaten , however Simon Hughes and his David Davis esq fall from popularity does raise some very interesting questions and I would be interested to hear views
# posted by Rob @ 11:29 pm 
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I think if a politican is gay he (or she) would do well to be up front about it, since being "outed" damages you not because of our sexuality but because of the questions of your honesty and integrity that it raises.
Should we have a right to know? Well if 1/16 people in the UK is gay, I would suggest there are a lot of gays who don't even know they are gay - if that astronomically high number is to be believed. I'll probably go to the grave before I believe a New Labour statistic.
Having said all that I don't think being gay should matter, unless that politican is working on "gay" issues, say discrimination in the workplace or something.
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Should we have a right to know? Well if 1/16 people in the UK is gay, I would suggest there are a lot of gays who don't even know they are gay - if that astronomically high number is to be believed. I'll probably go to the grave before I believe a New Labour statistic.
Having said all that I don't think being gay should matter, unless that politican is working on "gay" issues, say discrimination in the workplace or something.
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