So says the headline over at PinkNews.co.uk.
80% of the Tory shadow cabinet have voted against gay rights legislation in the last ten years.
Liberal Democrat Equality Spokesperson Jo Swinson MP said:
“That 80% the of the current shadow cabinet, appointed by David Cameron, have voted against significant LGBT rights legislation shows that his commitment to equality is paper thin.
“Worse still, David Cameron himself actively voted against the repeal of section 28 and against adoption by same sex couples.
“David Cameron’s 21st Century rhetoric can’t hide his party’s 19th Century principles.”
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The Tories might be calling our release ‘factually inaccurate’, but judging by The Guardian from last year, Cameron himself didn’t have a clue what he thought about S28 – called its repeal ‘deeply unpopular’, voted for what Stonewall called S28 ‘by the back door’, and then said it was good it was gone. Which sounds about as confused as most of his policies, really.
And – given his age – he must have looked at the Tory party at the height of its homophobic hysteria in the 80s and thought “I want to be a part of that”.
And Alan Duncan also claimed that Simon Hughes stood as ‘the straight choice’. Do they do research at CCO these days or do they just make it up as they go along and hope no-one will notice?