Gay Police Horse

[tvrgit]

Heard about this on the radio yesterday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/46060

Thames Valley police attempted to prosecute a man who told a policeman that his horse was gay. Apparently that remark was deemed homophobic and potentially offensive to passers-by, so he was lifted and spent a night in the cells.

[B17NNS]

think this was done the other day

[angusfaldo]

And if the horse IS gay then then they could have offended it and discriminated against it.

Surely that's worth some comepnsation

[timmy30]

Repetition. You loose 10 points.

[TeamD]

So let me get this straight (oh oh, could be being homophobic there ), if I were to say...perhaps, "My friend Bob is gay", then I would be being homophobic would I?

[tvrgit]

B17NNS said:

think this was done the other day

sorry, missed it

[kerfuffle]

tvrgit said:

so he was lifted and spent a night in the cells.

By the shirt?

[NiceCupOfTea]

I don't understand this.

Calling something "gay" doesn't necessarily mean "homosexual", also has a secondary meaning of "stupid/rubbosh". (We all used to use it in the playground didn't we! )

So they're taking the wrong meaning of the word.

Frinstance, if you were talking about a friend was really lively and jokey, and said "Oh, he's gay", would the police prosecute for that?

Ridiculous, and a waste of taxpayers' money.

[planetdave]

M'lud, my client simply implied that the aforementioned nag looked happy.

[kerfuffle]

You can bet that the person up in arms about the whole thing is straight too.

Is gay an offensive term? I was called a 'breeder' once by some gay blokes and I have to say I wasn't particularly offended.

[Donut]

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