Speaker fights Harman plan for big increase in gay MPs
16 11 08 - 02:39 Controversial Government backed plans for a massive increase in the number of gay MPs are being opposed by Commons Speaker Michael Martin, it was revealed last night.Ministers are likely to support a demand by gay-rights campaigners for a target of electing 39 openly gay MPs - nearly four times the present number.
The target is based on an official estimate that six per cent of Britain is gay and is part of a Parliamentary shake-up by Commons Leader Harriet Harman to make MPs 'more representative'.
But it has produced a fierce backlash led by devout Catholic Mr Martin, who says MPs' sex lives should stay private.
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I hardly think gays find they are discriminated against in their attempts to rise in politics, particularly males. And minorities are very nepotistic, so they will promote their own. Gays also can use blackmail if they can get a fellow MP in a compromising position and are infinitely more likely to do this than heterosexuals (quite apart from the fact that gay sex acts are still considered more embarrassing than extra marital sex for example.)
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