by Kilian Melloy EDGE Staff Reporter Thursday Jul 2, 2009 David Cameron issued an apology to UK’s gay and lesbian citizens for a Thatcher-era law that banned the use of taxpayer money for any classroom "promotion" of gays and lesbians as normal and referred to gay and lesbian families as "pretend" families. A July 2 article at the U newspaper The Daily Mail reported that Cameron, the leader of the Tory party, made his apology for Section 28 in an address at a fund raising event meant to benefit both Pride and the Tories, and sought to portray the conservative Tory party as a diverse political organization. Saying the Tories had "got it wrong" in passing the anti-gay law, Cameron looked forward to gays and lesbians becoming a greater part of the conservative party. Said Cameron, "If five years ago we had a Conservative and Gay... [read full story]
