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Old 17-07-2011, 15:33   #2
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Re: Gay atheist hero and genius Alan Turing honoured by the Queen

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Originally Posted by Welshchris View Post
THE UK gay humanist charity the Pink Triangle Trust (PTT) has warmly welcomed unveiling on Friday by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh of a memorial at Bletchley Park to honour those who played a pivotal role in decryption operations during World War II, including the celebrated gay codebreaker and founder of the modern computer Alan Turing, who was driven to suicide by homophobic bigotry.


Full Story can be read here..

http://freethinker.co.uk/2011/07/17/...-by-the-queen/
As far as l am concerned Alan Turing and the others totally deserved to be honoured and whatever his sexual preferences are this does not come into it and shame on those who drove him to suicide.
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