{"id":8362,"date":"2015-02-11T10:22:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T10:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=8362"},"modified":"2015-02-11T10:22:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T10:22:37","slug":"pardons-homosexuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/pardons-homosexuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pardons for Homosexuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pardons for Homosexuals\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G2vyRkcIIHo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At the end of January 2015, Benedict Cumberbatch and Stephen Fry sent a letter to the Government asking them to pardon 49,000 homosexual men convicted of gross indecency under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Acts 1885.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Cumberbatch recently played codebreaker Alan Turing, who was convicted of gross indecency in 1952, and pardonned by Her Majesty in 2013. \u00a0 Stephen Fry is of course a self-proclaimed homosexual, so in that sense he has a dog in this fight. \u00a0But in the circles in which they move, both must at least know or know of men who were convicted of gross indecency before the law was changed.<\/p>\n<p>In a video just published on Youtube, I support their campaign on the grounds that this must be the most intelligent, compassionate, sophisticated and plain clever generation that has ever walked this earth, so that\u00a0if something is not against the law now, it never should have been. \u00a0Follow the argument to its logical conclusion on the video.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Find out how to join Christian Voice and stand up for the King of kings (clicking on the link below does not commit you to join)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/P1OVTZ-gb\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3940\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Join Today!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Join_donate_Logo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please note that persons wishing to comment on this story must enter a valid email address. 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