WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Euro-Court Overrules Brit Law http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20000731_680.html European court rules against British gay sex laws BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) _ The European Court of Human Rights ordered Britain to pay a homosexual man $50,000 in costs and damages Monday for convicting him under legislation that outlaws gay group sex. The man"s 1996 conviction was "interference with the applicant"s right to respect for his private life" as guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights, ruled European judges in Strasbourg, France. The man, identified by his initials, A.D.T., took his case to the European court after he was convicted of gross indecency for having sex with four other men during a party at his house. Police found a video of the party during a search of the man"s home. A provision of Britain"s Sexual Offenses Act, enacted in 1956, states that homosexual sex is illegal if more than two people take part or are present. The legislation includes a number of laws applicable to homosexuals or heterosexuals, but the provision A.D.T. challenged applied only to homosexual males. A panel of seven judges at the European court ruled unanimously that A.D.T."s prosecution violated Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which safeguards respect for private life. "The activities in the case were purely and genuinely private," the European court said. The decision was hailed by gay-rights campaigners. "This judgment drives a coach and horses through the gross indecency laws," said Angela Mason, executive director of Stonewall, a British gay rights group. The European ruling increases pressure on the British government to scrap the law and replace it with new legislation that deals even-handedly with both "offensive heterosexual and homosexual behavior in public," Stonewall said in a statement. The European Court of human rights was set up in 1950 to enforce the human rights convention, which has been signed by all 41 nations of the Council of Europe. *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] Want to be on our lists? Write at [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a menu of our lists! ****************************************************************************** ******************* A vote for Bush or Gore is a vote to continue Clinton policies! A vote for Buchanan is a vote to continue America! Therefore a vote for Gore or Bush is a wasted vote for America! Don't waste your vote! Vote for Patrick Buchanan! Today, candor compels us to admit that our vaunted two-party system is a snare and a delusion, a fraud upon the nation. Our two parties have become nothing but two wings of the same bird of prey... Patrick Buchanan <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
