Year: 1998

Was Jesus Gay?

Missing Fragments from St. Mark’s Gospel Most people claim it would not affect their religious beliefs if historians discovered that Jesus was gay, according to a phone poll on London’s Talk Radio on Sunday 14 December. Fifty-one percent said revelations of Christ’s homosexuality would not affect their religious belief; 49 percent said it would. The Was Jesus Gay?

Bolton 7 – Convicted but not jailed

Defence Campaign saved men from prison The Bolton 7 remain convicted of consenting gay sex in the privacy of their own homes: but they walked free from court on 20th February, largely thanks to the high-profile defence campaign that inundated the court with over 400 letters of protest from MP’s, bishops, and human rights groups. Bolton 7 – Convicted but not jailed

Bolton 7: Candlelit Protest at Westminster

100 Protestors Demand Repeal of Antiquated Antigay Laws A hundred demonstrators gathered outside the Palace of Westminster at 7 p.m. on 23rd February, to protest at the prosecution of the ‘Bolton 7’ for consensual sex in the privacy of their own homes. This prosecution, authorised personally by Dame Barbara Mills, head of the Crown Prosecution Bolton 7: Candlelit Protest at Westminster

Bolton 7 – Protests grow louder

Seven Gay Men convicted for consenting sex in private Protests are escalating against the conviction of seven men in Bolton, Greater Manchester, for consenting sex in the privacy of their own homes. The men will be sentenced on 20th February. The judge has warned that some may be jailed. The Bolton 7 were convicted under Bolton 7 – Protests grow louder