On a less cheery note...

[strange_complex]

Lord Tebbit this morning on the Today programme, on the subject of gay marriage (a topic which he had crow-barred into a discussion actually meant to be on obesity):

"We've got a huge problem with AIDS, and the government is doing all it can to promote buggery"

I don't quite know what happened after he said this, because I was too busy gawping and saying 'Oh my god, I can't believe he just said that!' (the effect of my incredulity being enhanced by the fact that he had obviously come on the programme determined to slip this 'gem' in, whether it was relevant to the discussion or not). So if anyone knows how John Humphries handled it, or how Boris Johnson (the other interviewee) responded, I would love to know!

Comments

[superdus.livejournal.com]

That really is quite idiotic of him! At a purely scientific level, surely gay marriage would promote *monogamy* and thus *reduce* the risk of HIV propagation! Silly man!

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

Exactly!