The sex issue Stroppyblog is less than impressed by the religious bigots of northern ireland and their opposition to new equality laws for gays and lesbians. I think when I see them protesting on the TV that they look so antiquated. Perhaps they need a shag or perhaps a better shag. If they had a more tolerant and pluralist view of sexuality then they would have been more interesting in shagging each other than killing each other over recent decades.

She also has a go at Ruth Kelly who is the minister responisble for equalities. RK we are lead to believe is a strong roman catholic, nothing wrong in that. People should have the right to freedom of religion. The thing is she gives the impression of being more interested in the RC chuch than she does in her equalites brief. No doubt the line will be trotted out that ministers have a right to a private personal faith and indeed they do.

It's just when Winston Churchill was fighting WWII I bet he didn't have a private opinion that it wouldn't be to bad if Germany actually won the war. The thing this reminds me of is Alan Clarke as a junior Tory employment minister reading out in parliament what his civil servants have prepared for him on equality for women. I understand it was not the most convincing performance of his life. Ministers tend to be more effective if they actually believe in what they are doing. So we want to see some conviction from the secreatry of state.

My view is that the state or indeed religious groups are not the best people to say who and how we should shag as we are perfectly capable of deciding that for ourselves.  ¶ 11:16 am