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Originally Posted by Kymmy
It decriminalised sodomy which was originally illegal for hetrosexual couple the same as homosexual couple, in 1885 it was reclassified to just between two men. Homosexual intercourse was never illegal otherwise it would have also legislated against women and good old Queen Victoria could never imagine that two women would want to have sex. Also homosexuality is the attraction and not the sexual act. So homosexuality was never illegal in this country
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tecnically i suppose that's correct but in fact the act decriminalised "homosexual acts in private" which would include sodomy but not exclusively
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[F2(a)a homosexual act in private shall not be an offence provided that the parties consent thereto and have attained the age of [F3sixteen] years][F2and
(b)a homosexual act by any person shall not be an offence if he is under the age of sixteen years and the other party has attained that age.]
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http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1967/60
you are correct about homosexuality being the description not the act and a clear distinction should really be made that it was homosexual acts that where illegal not being homosexual