Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35274600)

why is there so much emphasis on him being gay and a Atheist? what has that got to do with his achievements at Bletchley

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35274600)

why is there so much emphasis on him being gay and a Atheist? what has that got to do with his achievements at Bletchley

Originally Posted by Welshchris (Post 35274610)

this is what always makes me laff about when the Media reports things about us Gays especially if its a sex scandal. They always go over the top and try to make out we are all upto the kind of things that whoever is getting reported about for e.g. George Michael and the Bogs.

Originally Posted by devilincarnate (Post 35274618)

Religion and sexual preference seem to be taking over a thread again?

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35274600)

why is there so much emphasis on him being gay and a Atheist? what has that got to do with his achievements at Bletchley

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35274626)

Fantastic tribute to Alan Turing and the rest of the codebreakers but I also have to ask what his sexual orientation and athiest views are to do with the honour??? Though looking at the site which you've linked the main story to I'm not surprised to see that it's an attempt to drag the story in a direction that isn;t relevant. :rolleyes:

Here's a more relevant and sensible link which isn't trying to desperately use the unvieling as a political soapbox!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14164529

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35274626)

Fantastic tribute to Alan Turing and the rest of the codebreakers but I also have to ask what his sexual orientation and athiest views are to do with the honour??? Though looking at the site which you've linked the main story to I'm not surprised to see that it's an attempt to drag the story in a direction that isn;t relevant. :rolleyes:

Here's a more relevant and sensible link which isn't trying to desperately use the unvieling as a political soapbox!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14164529

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 35274658)

As for the first post in this thread is sounds like someones taking Little Britain's "Only gay in the village" a bit too seriously :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 35274672)

My feelings exactly :tu:

Originally Posted by martyh (Post 35274615)

so why bother including his sexual preference and religious preference in the title of the thread it makes it read like being gay and a atheist is somehow contributory to his genius when in fact neither are anything special

and yes it is about time he was honoured

Originally Posted by Ignitionnet (Post 35274640)

Quite a scary site and I can assure most definitely not the voice of atheism any more than fundamentalism is the voice of Christianity whatever their opinion of themselves.

Obsession with sexuality isn't particularly becoming either. Not a great touchstone on your life when you define yourself by the gender of the people you have sex with. Making a big deal of such things doesn't really help breed tolerance or indifference.