Gay Police Association, BBC Wrong

Make the most of it, it's only a setback for those who wish to use the law, along with outright deliberate lies (the use of Gay History, in which children are taught that historical persons are gay despite the fact that we know there is no evidence whatsoever for the claim), to ensure complete "discipline" in the publicly expressed views of human sexuality.

Curiously, (or not), the BBCs account (linked to above) is somewhat anaemic. The BBC merely quotes the GPAs defence of itself without challenging it:


The GPA said the majority of the 250 calls relating to homophobic incidents its helpline received in the year up to March 2006 were "weighted against Christianity" while 25 referred to Islam.


As both His Grace and the account on Yahoo (www.yahoo.co.uk) news make clear, but the BBC does not, some of the helpline calls that were included in their "74%" rise in homophobic incidents were "general inquiries, requests for help, and allegations of discrimination in the workplace."

The BBC is also wrong to say "25" calls referred to Islam. The figure they meant to use was "25%", which is also quoted by His Grace and by Yahoo.

Still, I am glad to see the BBC is continuing to pass on a libel against Christians, when that libel has been nicely discredited.

The watchdog said there was an implication, without evidence, that Christians were the main cause of homophobic incidents.

In fact it was a lot more than this: it was that the GPA had arrived at the 74% figure itself without being able to substantiate it with evidence. The BBC account does not question the GPAs statistical measurements, which the ASA did.

On the off chance that the BBC does a stealth edit of the article, I'm going to save it along with the timestamp: 0120.

The Yahoo article ends with the GPA saying that they wanted to be "challenging". Nice one, guys. Challenging still, just about, works both ways. But it won't do for long.