Cabinet of Strickly Hetro Love…..
The 2010 general election saw the electorate put pencil to card and put a coalition government to power. Although that’s not how it really works, the tabloid media like to put it that way.
The new Prime Minster, David Cameron and buddy Liberal Democrat Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have put together a rag tag group of Ministers to form the all new cabinet, to deal with the problems of a modern society because as Cameron proudly stated…
“”A country is at its best when the bonds between people are strong and when the sense of national purpose is clear.”
So then why is one social group so hounded by the current cabinet? Why is the cabinet so homophobic?
If you were to break down the cabinet you would see some startling statistics about just how homophobic it can be
- Only 13% of the Coalition Cabinet voted to repeal Section 28
- If you take out the 5 Lib-Dem members, then this Cabinet is 64% more homophobic than the last
- The average pro gay voting record of the Coalition cabinet is 43%, the last Cabinet was 90%
- The Coalition Government is 52% more homophobic than the last cabinet.
Shocking and in the 21st Century, you would expect a newly elected government to be a little more progressive than that. But this is nothing unexpected, but what comes as a shock is the appointment of Theresa May, the new Minister for Women and Equality.
As well as being the the new Home Security, she will take the role women and equality. this has gained much criticism from the liberal to the well…..sane?
Personally she has clocked up an (un)impressive and shocking voting history herself on both women’s rights and gay rights, she does kind of spit in the face of all her represents in her role as Minister for Women and Equality. She was against lowering the age of consent in homosexual relationships to 16, voted against gay adoption rights and against Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill which would give lesbian couples the ability to receive fertility treatment.
May is hardly going to win bigot of the year in the conservative party, but when other governmental MPs could of been better suited like current junior Home Office minister with responsibility for equality, why was May chosen?
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