Tory Leader Apologizes for Anti-Gay Law

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 Pride party, I don’t think many gay people would have come or many Conservatives would have come."
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