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Originality of thought is one thing I had credited those promoting ‘Gay Therapy’ with.

But I’m not afraid of looking like a fool, as many people who spent time with me in my early twenties will cheerily testify. And apparently, neither are two religious groups who have followed up Stonewall’s recent promotional bus banner campaign supporting gay marriage. Anglican Mainstream and Core Issues Trust have rented advertising space, and intend to feature the slogan pictured above on the side of red buses using five London routes.

A spokesperson said Stonewall’s campaign “implies the false idea that there is indisputable scientific evidence that people are ‘born gay’, and that they have no choice but to affirm their homosexual feelings.”

Which is rich. Their advert implies that people are ‘born stupid’, and that they have no choice but to reaffirm their stupidity at every opportunity.

Are we supposed to just get over that, too?

Image: Sarah Phipps, The Oklahoman via newsok.

As bills and amendments to legislation that directly impinge upon a woman’s right to choose what she does with her own body continue to be passed in the US,  expect further outbreaks of civil disobedience from unexpected sources.

After Constance Johnson’s handwritten tweak to the Oklahoma Personhood Bill a few weeks ago, Senator Judy McIntyre (l) put her thoughts on the issue forward during a fetal personhood protest on Tuesday by posing with a placard she borrowed from an attendee.

The Republicans in Oklahoma backing this bill should be careful.  I don’t think these women have even got out of second gear yet.

Images: GQ via digitalspy.

‘The Iron Lady’ opens in UK cinemas this weekend, and with all the interest the movie is generating in Mags, it’s a clever PR move for the Tory it-girl-in-waiting to bathe in some reflected glory.

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