UK: See Where Criticizing Homosexuality Illegal

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As business owners suffer penalties in the United Kingdom and the United States for refusing to endorse or promote “same-sex marriage,” a “values monitor” for the British government’s counter-terrorism program is acknowledging it might be illegal simply to criticize the behavior.

The U.K. charity Christian Institute is raising the alarm after the values monitor was asked whether or not it would be acceptable for a Muslim to believe homosexuality is wrong.

“If that’s what you think, and that’s what you believe, and you want to hold that in your head, that is your business and your right, but bear in mind that if you speak it out loud you might be breaking the law,” said Polly Harrow, the head of safeguarding and Prevent at Kirklees College in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England.

Huddersfield is in a “priority” area for the government because of the high incidence of youth being recruited for Islamic jihad.

She was interviewed by BBC Radio 4?s “Today” program regarding the government’s “counter-extremism” policy, known as Prevent.

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