Religious bigot or oppressed minority?

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Something that strikes me as odd about this comment.

Peter Tatchell, the founder of the gay rights group OutRage!, said: “It’s tragic for one minority to attack another minority.”

Mr Tatchell should define what a minority is? Is religion a minority and therefor a protected class? Is sexual behavior a minority and therefore a protected class? Can anyone prove beyond a reasonable doubt that homosexuality is a genetic condition someone is born with (which would provide a sound arguement for a minority classification of homosexuals), if such an arguement can be proven then it require that any law that might discriminate against sexual behavior be reviewed to insure that it does not violate an individuals rights. However at this point its really nothing but rethoric on multiple parties part.

Free Speech is a burdern when someone states that they don't believe in your opinion, and why they don't believe your in sacred cows. The counters in the article are weak in my opinion. They do not address Sir Iqbal Sacranie comments.

Speaking about civil partnerships, the first of which took place in Britain last month, Sir Iqbal said: “It does not augur well in building the very foundations of society: stability, family relationships. And it is something we would certainly not in any form encourage the community to be involved in.”

Asked on the BBC Radio 4 PM programme if homosexuality was harmful to society, he replied: “Certainly it is a practice that in terms of health, in terms of the moral issues that comes along in a society, it is. It is not acceptable.

“Each of our faiths tells us that it is harmful and, I think, if you look into the scientific evidence that has been available in terms of the forms of various illnesses and diseases that are there, surely it points out that where homosexuality is practised there is a greater concern in that area.”

What we see is not arguements showing how he is wrong - but arguements such as the one from Mr Tatchell and this, from the same article.

Alan Duncan, the most prominent openly gay Conservative MP, said: “This is an absurd medieval view. One should separate the religious from the secular. Such general condemnation is no longer acceptable in a civilised modern world.”

So the view is absurd in one man's opinion - but can he prove the premise as being wrong?

But to answer the question of the thread

The answer is neither. Sir Iqbal Sacranie is speaking within the tenents of his faith.