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UK Police Instructed Not to Interfere with the “Human Right” of Anonymous Public Sex

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Public homosexual activity in parks and public bathrooms must not be impeded by law enforcement officials except as a last resort, says a new set of draft guidelines for UK police.Deputy Chief Constable Michael Cunningham of Lancashire Police, who drew up the 21-page report, titled “Guidance on Policing Public Sex Environments”, wrote, “In any event it is not for the police to take the role of moral arbiter.” Rather than arresting those who have sex in public, the police should instead guard the “human rights of those people who frequent open spaces” to seek anonymous copulation partners, an activity known as “cruising.”

“The police role is to ensure that any complaints are dealt with fairly and professionally and that where individuals are engaged in lawful activity they may do so safely,” said the report. Mr. Cunningham is the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) spokesman on homosexual issues.

The constable encouraged police to study sex websites for insight into the whereabouts of homosexual sex hot spots. Such websites show, among pornographic advertisements, dozens of public haunts for homosexual men seeking anonymous sex – among the most notorious being Dartford Heath, where public sex has been said to have spiraled “out of control.”

The report complained that previous activity on the part of police officers to stop public sex has alienated the gay community.  The report blames law enforcement for leading to homosexual “self-harm,” citing the fact that some homosexuals have attempted suicide who “may have been arrested, charged or come into contact with the police in such a situation.” 

“The impact of enforcement can also be severe and rarely resolves the community problems associated with the existence of a public sex environment,” wrote Cunningham.

“This impact can be extreme and can include humiliation, breakdown of relationships and the ‘outing’ of men living in an opposite sex relationship being perceived as ‘gay.’”

The ACPO already enforces guidelines for police officers handling the public indecency claims against homosexual cruising, which emphasize “the value of building trust with local LGBT communities” to ensure that action against homosexual activity be “fair, necessary, and legitimate.”  The guidelines were authored by the ACPO Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Working Group in 2000 to provide “a comprehensive LGBT policing strategy centered around anti-homophobia.”

Cunningham’s report will now be submitted for approval by a committee of senior police officers before it is put in place across England and Wales.

See related LifeSiteNews.com articles:

Amsterdam Decriminalizes Public Sex in Famous Park
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/mar/08031409.html

Gay Sex in Public a Major Health Risk ~ Naugle Calls on Homosexuals to Stem the Spread of HIV
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2007/aug/07082305.html

ACLU Backs Gay Sex in Public Toilets under “Privacy” Provisions
http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/jan/08011606.html

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2 responses to “UK Police Instructed Not to Interfere with the “Human Right” of Anonymous Public Sex”

  1. Cooky642 Avatar
    Cooky642

    Thank you. This is the news report I’ve been waiting for. I became convinced about 40 years ago that, someday, people would be walking down a city street stepping over or around other people shamelessly having sex out in the open (although, in those days, I didn’t think it would be homosexuals). I knew in the depths of my soul that, when that day arrived, we were done.

    When you turn on a light in a dark room and see the whole floor parting like the Red Sea, you know you’ve got a problem.

    I knew we had a problem. Now I know the answer, and just how fast it’s headed for us.

  2. Warren Jewell Avatar
    Warren Jewell

    This police report seems to highlight homosexuals in their ‘public’, active lack of morals, embarrassment, discretion, etc., as but immature, inconsiderate, nearly uncivilized dolts. And, as well, police and I presume anyone happening upon this selfish, doltish behavior are to be tolerant, understanding – whatever – dolts themselves, amounting to contributing and enabling such doltish actions.

    What a sorry state of affairs. I have this feeling that if I came up on this gross behavior and Signed myself in prayerful defense and appeal, I’d likely be able to be arrested for a ‘hate’ crime.

    Further – I have a notion that Britain is going to have a harder and harder time finding solid, effective law enforcement officers.

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