Friday, July 9, 2010

Political Correctness in the UKSC

Don Mathias (Criminal Law Blog) spotted an interesting quote from Lord Rodger of the UK Supreme Court in HJ (Iran) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] UKSC 31. It is like a paradox of political correctness:

[J]ust as male heterosexuals are free to enjoy themselves playing rugby, drinking beer and talking about girls with their mates, so male homosexuals are to be free to enjoy themselves going to Kylie concerts, drinking exotically coloured cocktails and talking about boys with their straight female mates.

In fairness, his Lordship does preface it by explaining that these are "trivial stereotypical examples from British society" and follows on with "This is not to ... say that an individual is defined by his sexuality."

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