Section 28

Section 28 was a controversial anti-gay amendment to the United Kingdom's 1988 Local Government Act, enacted on 24 May 1988 and finally repealed on 18 November 2003. The amendment stated that a local authority "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with the intention of promoting homosexuality" or "promote the teaching in any maintained school of the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship"http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880009_en_5.htm#mdiv28.

External links

• Section 28 from Open Directory Project
• Full Text of the Local Government Act 1988
• {{Web reference | title=BBC News | work=The Section 28 Battle | URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/613023.stm | date=July 24 | year=2000}}